ROTARY CONVENTION DAY #3: YES, WE ARE INTERNATIONAL, AFTER ALL

Today's report from the Rotary International Convention in Montreal is a simple one:  We belong to Rotary International. 

How do these pictures tell that story?  Picture #1 features three young ladies who could be from Idaho.    But, they are from England and Australia who arrived at the convention to participate in RYLA International. 

Picture #2 shows Carolyn posing with Mahendra Pal Singh, the charter president of Rotary Club 'Green' Greater Noida. 

The final picture shows Nigerians in native and Western dress.   (The gentlemen in the yellow hat is Prince Will who was our special speaker at the Sun Valley Rotary Conference.)


THE END OF POLIO IS NEAR
At the plenary session, we heard about polio from Dr. Bruce Aylward, head of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative whose headquarters are in Geneva, Switzerland.  Said Aylward,  "I have no bad news.  (tepid applause)  I have no good news (somber quiet).  I have TERRIFIC news (wild applause)."  He went on to explain that the end of polio is on the run and the vision of a polio-free world is within reach.  Read more at http://www.rotary.org/

QUEEN NOOR OF JORDAN
Stately Queen Noor, wife of the late King Hussein of Jordan, started her speech with these words, "Fellow Global Citizens."
Now go back to the pictures above.  We District 5400 Rotarians work in our communities, yes, but we have a global vision, too.  After all, we belong to ROTARY INTERNATIONAL!  We are fellow global citizens.