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For the week beginning December 23, 2024
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to this week's meeting of
The Rotary E-Club of Canada One
For the week beginning December 23, 2024
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Complete the form for a make-up!
Rotary International President – Stephanie Urchik
And for our clubs -
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Greeter this week
Rotarian Angel
Rotary's Theme for the month of December
Inspirational moment
Big City Bus Driver – HeroicStories
Yukon Territory, Canada
Yukon Territory, Canada
When I was 20, in summer 2004, I took the bus to stay with a friend for two weeks in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. My friend worked days, so I decided to go exploring on my own. I knew where I was, up near the UBC campus. I knew where I wanted to go: the Vancouver Aquarium. It sounded simple.
Now, I've lived in a tiny 1,000-person town in the Yukon Territory all my life, rarely leaving it. Being a small-town girl, I admit I'm fairly ignorant about city life.
Soon I was completely lost. Finally, I boarded a public transit bus, figuring they must do a circle, right? I rode a good half hour before becoming frustrated and getting off. I walked quite a while up and down various blocks with no idea where I was.
People at home always told me no one cares in the city, so I was afraid to talk to anyone. I got on another bus and began "bus hopping" again. Finally, after hours, I decided to get on one bus and stay on it until I recognized something. I rode that bus well over an hour. Nothing ever seemed familiar. I began to get scared. I had no cell phone and didn't even know my friend's work number.
As I was about to give up and leave the bus, the driver asked where I wanted to go. I told him the aquarium, and he laughed, saying his bus wouldn't go anywhere near it, for we were now in Surrey, BC!
I sunk back in my seat, afraid and upset. He asked where I was from, and I told him how I was visiting and now just wanted to go back to my friend's place.
Amazingly, the driver pulled the bus over and called me to the front. He began printing tickets from his machine and numbering them. He gave me detailed instructions as to which buses to take and how to understand the bus system.
I was shocked. He spent a good twenty minutes with me, telling me everything I needed to know before giving me the tickets. I thanked him repeatedly and asked him how much I owed for all the tickets. "Nothing. Just please get yourself home to the Yukon, young lady. You belong there."
Thanks to his kindness, I was able to make my way back to my friend's house. I don't know what I would have done had that driver not taken the time out of his (and the other passengers) day to help me. He had amazing kindness to simply give me those tickets.
I never did learn his name, but I'll always remember him. People had told me that in the city, no one cares, but now I know that's not always true. That driver cared enough to help a foolish young northerner find her way home.
Originally published as HeroicStories #715 on May 25, 2007
Now, I've lived in a tiny 1,000-person town in the Yukon Territory all my life, rarely leaving it. Being a small-town girl, I admit I'm fairly ignorant about city life.
Soon I was completely lost. Finally, I boarded a public transit bus, figuring they must do a circle, right? I rode a good half hour before becoming frustrated and getting off. I walked quite a while up and down various blocks with no idea where I was.
People at home always told me no one cares in the city, so I was afraid to talk to anyone. I got on another bus and began "bus hopping" again. Finally, after hours, I decided to get on one bus and stay on it until I recognized something. I rode that bus well over an hour. Nothing ever seemed familiar. I began to get scared. I had no cell phone and didn't even know my friend's work number.
As I was about to give up and leave the bus, the driver asked where I wanted to go. I told him the aquarium, and he laughed, saying his bus wouldn't go anywhere near it, for we were now in Surrey, BC!
I sunk back in my seat, afraid and upset. He asked where I was from, and I told him how I was visiting and now just wanted to go back to my friend's place.
Amazingly, the driver pulled the bus over and called me to the front. He began printing tickets from his machine and numbering them. He gave me detailed instructions as to which buses to take and how to understand the bus system.
I was shocked. He spent a good twenty minutes with me, telling me everything I needed to know before giving me the tickets. I thanked him repeatedly and asked him how much I owed for all the tickets. "Nothing. Just please get yourself home to the Yukon, young lady. You belong there."
Thanks to his kindness, I was able to make my way back to my friend's house. I don't know what I would have done had that driver not taken the time out of his (and the other passengers) day to help me. He had amazing kindness to simply give me those tickets.
I never did learn his name, but I'll always remember him. People had told me that in the city, no one cares, but now I know that's not always true. That driver cared enough to help a foolish young northerner find her way home.
Originally published as HeroicStories #715 on May 25, 2007
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Canadiana
Rogers Pass
...a favourite of Patrick's
The middle mountain pass in British Columbia between Golden (to the east) & Revelstoke (to the west).
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Comments from our guests and members
Members and guests attending our weekly meetings are very important to us. Based on your comments we are able to produce many more educational, inspiring, and entertaining weekly meetings.
Following are some of the comments we have received. Would you please send us your comments?
November 11. "How to turn the tables on food waste." I am always dumbfounded when I see a “food eating” contest whether it is hot dogs, burgers, etc. or when I see a restaurant advertising “all you can eat” on a menu and I think of the number of people in the world who are starving.
-- David Werrett, E-Club of Canada One, District 5370
November 18. Loved the Carson/Skelton banter. Took me back to being a little boy sitting on the floor in front of the black & white TV. Red Skelton was a weekly tradition.
November 25. I have a dream – not a plan. What a great motivator!
-- Patrick Gibson, E-Club of Canada One, District 5370
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Announcements
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Rotary E-Club of Innovation is raising money to End Polio with their online downloadable Recipe book. If you can, please help support them.
www.foodtheworldover.org
Poliovirus detections in European Region
underscore importance of vaccination and vigilance
“These countries are to be commended for their strong vigilance, which enabled them to detect and quickly respond to this public health threat,” said Robb Butler, Director of the Division of Communicable Diseases, Environment and Health at WHO/Europe. “While investigation of these detections is ongoing, WHO will continue to work with all countries in the Region to strengthen poliovirus surveillance and ensure high immunization rates.”
13 December 2024, Geneva, Switzerland – Poliovirus has been detected through routine surveillance of wastewater systems in five countries in the WHO European Region (Finland, Germany, Poland, Spain and the United Kingdom) since September this year.
While no cases have been detected to date, the presence of the virus underscores the importance of vaccination and surveillance, as well as the ongoing risk that any form of poliovirus poses to all countries everywhere.
The Region has been free of endemic poliomyelitis (polio) since 2002. However, as long as any form of poliovirus is spreading anywhere in the world, it can be imported. Such importations can lead to outbreaks if the virus finds its way to unvaccinated individuals, as occurred in Tajikistan and Ukraine in 2021, and Israel and the United Kingdom in 2022.
All countries in the Region are on alert for such importations and many conduct routine surveillance of sewage systems to ensure early detection. Consistently high rates of vaccination are vital to prevent the virus from re-establishing a foothold in any community.
Detections in 2024
In the past 3 months, circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (VDPV2) was detected in sewage samples in Barcelona, Spain; Warsaw, Poland; Cologne, Bonn, Dresden, Duesseldorf, Mainz, Hamburg and Munich, Germany; Tampere, Finland; and, Leeds and London and Worthing, UK. The detected virus is genetically linked to a strain that emerged in Nigeria. This strain is circulating in several countries outside the Region, most widely in North and West Africa.
In all five countries in the European Region, the virus was isolated from environmental (sewage) samples only – no associated paralytic cases of polio have been detected. In none of the five countries is there confirmed local circulation of the virus at this time.
“WHO continues to support national and local public health authorities in their investigations and monitoring of the situation, including identification of any potential subnational immunity gaps that may need to be addressed,” added Robb Butler. “Vaccination of every vulnerable child is essential to ensure that the virus cannot lead to lifelong paralysis or even death.”
All five countries where the virus was detected maintain strong disease surveillance and high levels of routine immunization coverage, estimated at 85–95% nationally with 3 doses of inactivated polio vaccine (IPV), which provides excellent protection from paralysis caused by poliovirus.
However, pockets of undervaccination exist in every country. In response to the detections, investigations are ongoing, including through continued disease surveillance. Subnational immunity levels have been examined to identify any potential gaps and immunization of unvaccinated children has been initiated.
Polio eradication
Polio is a highly infectious disease that travels easily and silently across wide geographic areas, not respecting national borders. These detections are a further reminder of the urgent need to eradicate all forms of poliovirus.
WHO/Europe, together with other Global Polio Eradication Initiative partners, is continuing to support national and local public health authorities in their investigations and monitoring of the situation, as well as in rapid response to detections of the virus to prevent it from spreading.
As the epidemiology in the EURO region evolves, updates will regularly be made available here.
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Material Suggestions and Greeter Messages Always Needed!
Please feel free to forward an approx. 150 - 200 word message or any material suggestions in an e-mail, or in a Word document, along with a JPeg picture or two, to E-Club Administration Chair, Kitty Bucsko.
We'd love to hear from you!
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So you're aware -
Our Club's Ongoing Projects -
We provide ongoing support for the following projects:
And we're doing great!
Ask for more information if you'd like to be involved!
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Real-time meetings
Each 3rd Thursday of the month is our Fellowship Assembly, and we often invite interesting speakers or Rotary Leaders for this entertaining, educational fun event. Plan to join us.
The time is 9:00 a.m. (Mountain Time) in lieu of the weekly Coffee Chat except for July and August when there are no FA’s. Here is the zoom link:
Everyone is welcome to attend and we encourage your participation.
Please click our Event Calendar for details and access Link.
For further inquiries or suggestions please contact: info@rotaryeclubcanada.ca
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The Rotary E-Club of Canada One
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Environment
An educational, thought-provoking, eye-opening new documentary
"Buy Now: The Shopping Conspiracy"
Humour
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New members' corner
ROTARY CHRISTMAS PARADE 2024
SAULT STE. MARIE, ONTARIO
(A long video, but you can scroll through easily and you'll get the idea!)
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Rotary minute
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Food for thought
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And a timely fun fact (food for thought)
Male reindeer shed their antlers in late fall and don’t regrow them
until spring. Santa’s reindeer are typically depicted as having antlers during
the winter, which would make them all female.…
Rotary Jukebox
For a small donation, your favorite musician will be featured on one of our next e-meetings for everyone to enjoy.
Every week we'll have a draw and the lucky person will see their song featured!
The Four-way Test
To close the meeting, Rotarian Keith recites the Four-Way Test of the things that Rotarians think, say, or do.
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