This week  on Monday 27th October, we will be celebrating a milestone for one of our longest serving Rotary Club of Moe members and the District Governor of District 9815, Peter Behm will be in attendance to present an award.

 

It is "lift the lid" night for Mental health week as well and all Rotarians and partners are invited to attend and wear a funny hat. There will be prizes for the hats of the night!

 

The digging at the Round Rose garden at our Moe Rotary Botanic Gardens has been interrupted due to rain, wind and back strain among the "diggers". We hope to resume next week.

 

Some recent photos of the new indigenous Garden and our flower bed.

 

World Polio Day is an annual event held on 24th October to continue to raise awareness about
this insidious disease and global efforts to eradicate it. This year’s theme is “End Polio:
Every child, Every Vaccine, Everywhere” which is a reminder of the need for ensuring all
children across the world receive the polio vaccine.

 

World Polio Day is a time for Rotary members, public health advocates and all who
want a world free from polio to come together, recognise the progress that has been
made in the fight to end polio and talk about what needs to be done in order to
eradicate polio for good.

 

Polio (Poliomyelitis) is a highly infectious disease that most commonly affects
children under the age of 5. The virus is spread person to person, typically through
contaminated water. It can attack the nervous system and, in some instances, lead
to paralysis. Although there is no cure, there is a safe and effective vaccine. Rotary
continues to work with our partners to distribute vaccines to children around the
world as part of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI). Partners in the GPEI
include Rotary, UNICEF, the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, the
World Health Organisation and The Gates Foundation. By working together with
these partners, governments and communities, over 2.5 billion children in 122
countries have been immunized. However, to end polio, we must stop the
transmission of wild poliovirus in the 2 countries that continue to report cases:
Afghanistan and Pakistan.

 

The Challenge: Worldwide Eradication Cases have been reduced by 99.9% worldwide since 1988, but it is critical to continue efforts to eradicate the disease for good. If polio is not fully eradicated, we could see a global resurgence of the disease with as many as 200,000 new cases
each year over the next 10 years, all over the world.

 

In order to end polio, there is a need to increase disease detection / surveillance to
ensure the virus is truly gone from every corner of the world. Given that not all cases
result in paralysis, the program’s extensive surveillance and laboratory network is essential in
detecting new cases.

 

More information at www.endpolio.org
Diane Wilkinson
Foundation Chair

06/10/25	Maureen	whoever wants to
13/10/25	Alan B	Would the first person to arrive please put the sandwich board out - just outside
20/10/25	RJCA Awards	of the doors of the meeting room make sure it has the Rotary sign and not the RSL.
27/10/25	RJCA Awards

CLUB POSITIONS FOR 2025/2026

Board Club Project Co-ordinators Len Cairns – President Alan Bishop – Co President Lyn Cassar - IPP Maureen Bishop – Secretary Robin Noakes – Treasurer Ross Maxfield – Community Roger Taylor – Vocational/Youth Diane Wilkinson – International/Foundation   Wheelchair for Kids Program – R Noakes Rotary Junior Community Awards – R Noakes/R Taylor Pride of Workmanship Awards – R Taylor/M Bishop Youth Programs (RYLA, NYSF) – R Taylor Community Projects – R Maxfield/A Bishop MUNA (club contact) – D Wilkinson Bali ‘Adopt a School’ Project – M Koch Gippsland Rotary Golf Classic – R Taylor/M Bishop Social Media Other Positions Bulletin – Helen MacDonald Facebook – Diane Wilkinson Website – Maureen Bishop Publicity – Maureen Bishop Sergeant – Helen Morrison Club Property Officers – R Maxfield/A Bishop Club Protection Officer – L Cairns Historian – R Maxfield