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Rotarians Pedaling to Rid Polio
The 2nd Annual Pedaling for Polio took place Sunday, August 22 with several members of the club riding to raise funds to help eradicate the crippling disease.
Jack Waldvogel, President of the Rotary Club of Petoskey, urges community members to sponsor a rider in the Pedaling for Polio ride, either with a pledge per mile or a one time donation.
Polio is a crippling and potentially fatal disease that still threatens children in parts of Africa, Asia and the Middle East. The polio virus invades the nervous system, and can cause total paralysis in a matter of hours. It can strike at any age, but mainly affects children under five years of age.
In 1985, Rotary International created PolioPlus – a program to immunize all the world’s children against polio. To date, Rotary has contributed $700 million – a figure that will increase to $850 million when polio is eradicated – and countless volunteer hours to the protection of more than two billion children in 122 countries.
To make a contribution, contact any member of the Rotary Club of Petoskey.
WIN a Trip for Two to the Top of the Mackinac Bridge
The Rotary Club of Petoskey will be raffling two tickets for a once in a lifetime experience - a trip for two to the top of the Mackinac Bridge! Two passes will be awarded to the Grand Prize winner that will allow them to be escorted to the top of a tower on the Mackinac Bridge. The trip can be scheduled any time between May 1, 2011 and October 15, 2011. Afraid of heights? No problem! These passes would make a great Christmas, birthday, or anniversary gift. A drawing will be held on September 15, 2010 at 11:30am at Stafford's Bay View Inn in Petoskey, Michigan. You do not need to be present to win.
Tickets are $10.00 each and are available by contacting a fellow Rotary Club of Petoskey member or by contacting the Raffle Chairperson, Russ Langs, (click his name to send him an e-mail) or call him directly at 231/347-4222. To mail a check, download the form below, and send the completed form with your check or money order to:Rotary Club of Petoskey, Attn: Two to the Top Raffle, PO Box 61, Petoskey, MI 49770.Sorry, credit cards are not accepted for this raffle.
About the Mackinac Bridge
The Mackinac Bridge is currently the third longest suspension bridge in the world. In 1998, the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge in Japan became the longest with a total suspension of 12,826 feet. The Great Belt Bridge in Halsskov-Sprogoe, Denmark, which also opened in 1998, is the second longest suspension bridge in the world with a total suspension of 8,921 feet. The Mackinac Bridge is the longest suspension bridge in the western hemisphere. The total length of the Mackinac Bridge is 26,372 feet. The bridge opened to traffic on November 1, 1957.
Rotary Club of Petoskey Donates $10,000 to Petoskey Northmen Marching Band for New Uniforms
For more than fifteen years, the Petoskey Northmen have marched in the same uniforms now ill fitting, out dated and worn out. The percussion line has been wearing homemade substitute uniforms for many years because the originals can not be replaced. The Band Boosters are raising funds to purchase 250 uniforms at a price of $325 per uniform. That’s $82,500. It sounds like an enormous amount of money, but with the generous donations from local service clubs, foudnations, businesses and individuals, the Petoskey Band Boosters are well on their way to accomplishing this goal. Recently, the Rotary Club of Petoskey president, Dr.John Scholten, was pleased to present a check to Roy Harvey in the amount of $10,000 to help make the award-winning Petoskey High School Marching Band look as great as they sound.
If you would like to make a tax-deductible donation to the PHS Marching Band Uniform Fundraiser, send your check to:
Petoskey Band Boosters
303 Lincoln Place
Petoskey, MI 49770
Or deliver your check to the band directors at P.H.S. or P.M.S.
For more information about the PHS Marching Band Uniform Fundraiser contact Roy Harvey
harvey.m.t@petoskeyschools.org
Rotary Peace Fellow
Folow the adventures of our Rotary Peace Fellow, Emily Meyerson. Emily will be learning about peace and conflict resolution at Rotary's Center for International Studies at Chululongkorn Univeristy in Bangkok Thailand.
Click on the link below to go to Emily's Peace Trip blog.http://emilyspeacetrip.blogspot.com/
GSE Team Member - Cindy Mom
Read about the recent experiences of the Rotary District 6290 Group Study Exchange team members as they visited Norway.
Click here read their blog: GSE Norway Blog
Rotary Club of Petoskey helps to mobilize massive need for humanitarian aid in Haiti
The Rotary Club of Petoskey-noon raised more than $4,000 to assist the victims of the killer 7.2 earthquake that struck Haiti on January 12, killing more than 200,000 people according to recent estimates.
The funds will go toward shelter, food and orphanages, said Ruth Bellissimo, a Petoskey Rotarian and chair of the club’s World Community Service Committee.
“Our hearts go out to the people of Haiti as they deal with every day struggles of survival,” Bellissimo said. “We are proud to contribute funds and assistance to help them get back on their feet.”
Bellissimo explained that the funds collected are being put toward ShelterBoxes (www.shelterbox.org), which contain a 10-person tent, a water purification system and other survival necessities. In addition, the funds will help an orphanage operating in Haiti.
The money collected by the Rotary Club of Petoskey noon club are being combined with funds collected by other clubs within District 6290, which spans from Lowell, Michigan, to Wawa, Canada. Within District 6290, more than $80,000 has been contributed toward Haiti relief.
From raising funds to collecting relief supplies to distributing life-saving shelters in Port-au-Prince, Rotary clubs www.rotary.org worldwide continue to ramp up efforts to help save lives.
The Rotary Foundation has set up a Haiti Earthquake Relief Fund to streamline the flow of contributions, primarily for U.S. club members. Fund managers will work with local Rotary clubs and relief agencies to meet the most pressing needs of communities in the affected area. Funds will be used in the relief effort, and for projects providing longer-term support and development.
Other examples of Rotary’s worldwide response to the disaster in Haiti:
Rotary clubs in South Korea quickly raised $100,000 to support a medical team sent to Haiti by the Korean Foundation for International Healthcare.
In Honduras, The Rotary Club of Tocoa collected more than 70,000 pounds of food and medicine and arranged for three cargo flights into Port-au-Prince, with more on the way. “We remember how the world helped us after Hurricane Mitch,” said Rotary member Juan Gomez.
The Rotary Club of Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain, enlisted the Grand Prix Atlantic Regatta to set sail for the Dominican Republic with 24 yachts loaded with relief supplies. The fleet will arrive in Santo Domingo by the end of January, where local Rotary members will unload supplies for transport into neighboring Haiti.
When & Where we meet
The Rotary Club of Petoskey meets each Wednesday at 12:15pm at Stafford's Bay View Inn.
Stafford's Bay View Inn is located just north of Downtown Petoskey on US 31.
Stafford's Bay View Inn
2011 Woodland Avenue
Petoskey, Michigan 49770
231-347-2771 main phone
231-347-3413 fax
bayviewinn@staffords.com