Rotary

[g8terh8ter_eric]

Any fellow Rotarians on the board?

 

[Coug]

What do Rotary clubs do?

 

[g8terh8ter_eric]

What do Rotary clubs do?

We are a humanitarian organization, whose primary focus right now is the eradication of Polio. We are almost there, as there are only 12 cases of Polio in the world right now. We are hoping by 2019 or 2020, they can declare it eradicated.

Outside of that primary focus, our clubs meet locally to discuss local issues, as well as focus on projects in the US and Internationally to help people live better. We do a lot of water and sanitation projects, as well as focus on literacy and education.

Here's a couple of links to give you some more information.

Rotary International District 6780

https://www.rotary.org/

 

[joevol33]

What do Rotary clubs do?

I thought this was about old telephones 😁 Jk. I actually didn't know about the polio thing, but saw a billboard Friday about it. Good work.

 

[TNsnyper20]

I thought this was about old telephones 😁 Jk. I actually didn't know about the polio thing, but saw a billboard Friday about it. Good work.

I really thought it was a question about old rotary lines. Oh well.

 

[Nerd-Vol]

I'm glad this thread was made. I knew precious little about what they did.

 

[Coug]

We are a humanitarian organization, whose primary focus right now is the eradication of Polio. We are almost there, as there are only 12 cases of Polio in the world right now. We are hoping by 2019 or 2020, they can declare it eradicated.

Outside of that primary focus, our clubs meet locally to discuss local issues, as well as focus on projects in the US and Internationally to help people live better. We do a lot of water and sanitation projects, as well as focus on literacy and education.

Here's a couple of links to give you some more information.

Rotary International District 6780

https://www.rotary.org/

So it's a bit like missionaries only without the relationship to a church or particular religion?

 

[g8terh8ter_eric]

So it's a bit like missionaries only without the relationship to a church or particular religion?

Yes. A lot of the clubs are smaller, and even in the larger clubs everyone gets heard and has the ability to choose what they want to help with.

 

[Freak]

I thought this was about old telephones 😁 Jk. I actually didn't know about the polio thing, but saw a billboard Friday about it. Good work.

Old telephones? That's so dumb it made me laugh.

 

[Freak]

I honestly didn't know what rotary was about. I thought it was a type of business networking group.

 

[g8terh8ter_eric]

I honestly didn't know what rotary was about. I thought it was a type of business networking group.

Not really business networking, but people networking mostly.

 

[kiddiedoc]

It's amazing the progress on Polio, with vaccines being so dangerous and ineffective. For perspective, there were 55,000+ cases in the US the year before the vaccine was released. Can you imagine the hysteria if we saw newer infections (like Ebola) at that rate? 3 cases and people were wearing masks and avoiding travel.

The rotary does good work, much of it is centered on local needs, as well.

 

[g8terh8ter_eric]

It's amazing the progress on Polio, with vaccines being so dangerous and ineffective. For perspective, there were 55,000+ cases in the US the year before the vaccine was released. Can you imagine the hysteria if we saw newer infections (like Ebola) at that rate? 3 cases and people were wearing masks and avoiding travel.

The rotary does good work, much of it is centered on local needs, as well.

I'm sure some remember when kids couldn't even swim together in fear of contracting polio.

 

[n_huffhines]

I went to Mexico with a group of dentists to translate for them on a humanitarian trip. Met some Rotary guys while I was there and translated for them so they could coordinate plans to build classrooms at a local elementary school. They went back that year and fixed things up, true to their word. Good guys.

 

[pismonque]

I went to Mexico with a group of dentists to translate for them on a humanitarian trip. Met some Rotary guys while I was there and translated for them so they could coordinate plans to build classrooms at a local elementary school. They went back that year and fixed things up, true to their word. Good guys.

You had me at "went to Mexico with a group of dentists".

Then there was a bunch of normal talk that killed the whole damn thing.