President Dan Coons introduced himself and recited the Rotary Vision Statement and reminded members that Rotary Opens Opportunities - the theme for this Rotary year.  He asked Ray Smith to offer the invocation.

 

Jeanie shared a bit of her Rotary adventure relaying a few of the opportunities Rotary has opened for her.  When she moved to Lake Havasu City in 1994, the bank manager she was replacing was retiring and was a member of the London Bridge Rotary Club.  He told her that she had to join that club because it was the best service organization in town and the bank would want her to be a part of it.  He sponsored her into the club.  Being new to town the opportunities to serve also provided opportunities to form friendships with her fellow Rotarians.  A year or so later, she became Treasurer.  She learned of an opportunity to help with RYLA, and in less than a year was treasurer and registrar for RYLA Pinerock.  In 1999-2000 she served as Club President.  in 2007, PDG Bill Snedecor called her and indicated that the District 5490 Nominating committee was disappointed that they were not getting candidates to run for District Governor for 2009-10.  Jeanie had not had any aspirations to go to that level of leadership, but her husband, Al encouraged her to apply because he thought it would be fun traveling the district with her.  She tried to prepare him for disappointment because she did not see any way that she would be the person selected on her first try.  By the time she interviewed there were other candidates.  Much to her surprise, she was selected.  Going through the training process over the next few years, was an amazing ride.  The finale was when all of the district governors-elect were in San Francisco for the International Assembly in January 2009.  She looked around the room and realized that every ethnicity and faith was represented by members of her class and there was no tension between any of them.  Everyone there was united by a common purpose of doing good in the world.  It was there that she understood that Rotary provides the model for our world community to one day live on a peaceful planet.

 

 

Jeanie Morgan had received self-imposed fines/pledges from two Rotarians:

Back to fines/pledges from members attending the Zoom meeting:

After explaining that the bag contained a piece of art and some edibles from Grandfather Mountain, North Carolina, the bidding opened at $20.  The bidding was brisk, but Colleen Coons was the first to bid $40 when Allan announced that amount would be the limit.  In the bag was candy from the Candy Barrell, Appalachian honey and a maple leaf night light.

 

World Polio Day is a time for Rotarians and Rotaractors across the globe to raise awareness about our work to eradicate polio for good. If we stay committed to making progress, polio will be the second human disease ever to be eradicated.

 

In our fight to end polio, we’ve used our collective strength to defeat this devastating disease in almost every part of the world. This year, the World Health Organization’s African region was certified free of wild poliovirus – showing that eradication is possible even in very difficult circumstances.

 

Wild poliovirus still paralyzes children in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and as long as polio exists anywhere, it remains a threat everywhere. Let’s Take Action A polio-free world is possible, but we can achieve it only by taking action together. With the challenges to vaccination programs posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s even more crucial that Rotary continues to build awareness and raise funds for polio eradication.