Newsletter Sept 22 2009

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CAMPBELL Rotary W W W . C A M P B E L L R O T A R Y. O R G

CHARTERED FEB., 1948

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At last week’s meeting, President Rick Davis outbid all other bidders for the coveted Governor’s Gift brought in by Governor Loren Harper. The proceeds of the auction will go toward our clubs annual goal of $1,000 to support RI’s Polio Plus Program.

Los Altos Rotary Aids Project Rich Casey, of the Los Altos Rotary Club shared with our group an amazing project that began in Los Altos twenty years ago and continues to be even more important today. The Child’s AIDS Prevention Project targets those third world countries, mainly in Africa, where the spread of AIDS continues to be a tremendous problem. Mr. Casey, for example explained that the annual count of children born with HIV in the U.S. is about 100, while in Africa it is 700,000. This fact is all the sadder because we have the tools and medicines to prevent most of those infections. Education remains at the heart of this campaign which is currently focused in Liberia. Mr. Casey informed the club that since the creation of the drug

Coming Events

Nevirapene, it is possible to prevent HIV infection of new borns by giving just one dose to the mother as she goes into labor and one dose to the infant within 72 hours of birth. This simple practice can save almost 1,000 children a day from this incidious disease. To help fund the project, this year the Los Altos Rotary Club is sponsoring a Child AIDS Prevention Symposium at the Crowne Plaza Cabana in Palo Alto on Sunday, October 11 from 4:00 to 6:30 PM. Featured speakers will include Ambassador Stephen Lewis, Director of AIDSFree World, and Paul Volberding, M.D., Co-Director of the UCSF-GIVI Center for AIDS Research. A social hour, with Hors d’oeuvres and beverages will precede the event. Tickets, $125 each, may be purchased online at www.rotaryaidsproject.org.

Oct. 15: Avenues of Service

Oct. 3: Child Advocates’ Picnic

Oct. 17-18: Octoberfest

Oct. 10: RI “End Polio Day”

Oct. 24: Fun-Fitness-Fellowship

Oct. 12: Dinner Service @ EHC

Oct. 25: WVCS Picnic @ JCC

“F-F-F” off to a good start!

Saturday’s “Fun, Fitness & Fellowship” activity had beautiful weather and a very popular location for some early morning exercising and friendly conversation. The 90 minute event was organized by Judy Armstrong, who brought her husband and dog to lead the pack. Bill Highley, Janine Payton, Jim Morelan and John Shannon came out to enjoy all 3 “F’s.”

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