January 29, 2023
Three new members were inducted into the Rotary Club of Dryden at our Wednesday meeting. A warm welcome to new Rotarians Fabian Velez, Sonja Wainio, and Benjamin Feagin!
At a recent gathering of Dryden Rotarians, club president Patty Vann received a certificate from District 5550 Governor, Fred Wright, in recognition of the Dryden club's contributions to PolioPlus.
The PolioPlus initative was launched by Rotary International in 1985 and was the first and largest internationally coordinated private-sector support of a public health initiative. The eradication of polio is one of Rotary International's longest standing and most significant efforts. Along with its partners, Rotary has helped immunize more than 2.5 billion children against polio in 122 countries and reduced polio cases by 99.9 percent worldwide. For more information about Rotary and its polio eradication efforts: https://www.rotary.org/en/our-causes/ending-polio.
Nine initiatives in Dryden and area recently received support from the Dryden Rotary Charity Foundation. In December the Club's Foundation announced grants totalling $41,700 that were distributed to the following:
- Christmas Cheer organizations in Dryden, Ear Falls, Red Lake and Ignace
- Dryden Food Bank
- Ignace Ski Club-Trail Grooming Machine and Groomer
- First United Church's Community Table
- St. Joseph’s School's Indoor Tower Gardens
- Free Reading program
The Dryden Rotary Charity Foundation is operated by the Rotary Club of Dryden and assisted by the Rotary Club of Sioux Lookout. The applications were approved under our youth, poverty, health and community mandates.
Funds are made possible by radio bingo on CKDR on Thursday evenings from October to April. We are grateful to be able to assist our NWO communities with these donations through countless volunteer hours by our club members and the support of all the people who play bingo with us each Thursday evening.
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