Now is the time to make your donation to the Pandemic Response Fund! The Disaster Relief Committee has already committed $6000. Our total as of Sunday, May 17 is $47,000! We need just $3,000 to reach our match goal of $50,000. Then, all donations will be matched dollar for dollar! RCAA $ 75,000 + $25,000 […]
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Holger Knaack, RI’s President-Elect, will be the speaker at the meeting of the District 6400 Passport Club on Saturday, May 9 at 9:00am EDT. It will part of a Zoom meeting and also streamed live on YouTube. This is a rare opportunity to see and hear a Rotary President in a weekly meeting format. He […]
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We are pleased to report that donations are already being received from RCAA and our Generous Members! The Fund balance is $28,000!! Our GOAL is $100,000 !! AFTER we raise $50,000, an Anonymous Donor will match dollar for dollar everything we raise from $50,001 up to $100,000. RCAA $ 75,000 + $ 25,000 match = […]
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Anyone needing masks, free of charge for members OR OTHERS, contact Eric Lipson at ericlipson@gmail.com or (734) 417-3604. Several types are available. Contributions to the Pandemic Response Fund are appreciated but not required.
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Dr. Vin Gupta, MD, MPA, MSc, who has lately become the face of NBC News as their spokesperson for COVID 19 related issues, is a Rotary Scholar supported by our Rotary District 6380 and specifically supported by RCAA. Dr. Gupta (no relation of Dr. Sanjay Gupta, MD who is the Chief Medical Correspondent of CNN […]
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Until the latter 1950s, polio was one of the most feared diseases in the world, affecting over 35,000 persons per year in the U.S. alone. Families lived in fear while travel and commerce were sometimes affected. Field trials of the polio vaccine developed by Jonas Salk began on April 26, 1954, eventually involving 1.8 million […]
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The Disaster Response Committee is supplying free masks to any Rotarian or Rotary family member who requests one.* Contact Eric Lipson: ericlipson@gmail.com to order masks or have your masks delivered free of charge. The committee is obtaining both hand-made and commercial masks. Handmade masks are priceless. Please advise Eric if you can contribute hand-made masks to […]
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Fellow Rotarians, Now is the time to support our community during these most challenging times. The Disaster Response Committee will solicit donations for the RCAA Pandemic Response Fund from May 1- May 31. These funds will be awarded through a grant process focused on TWO areas of need: Healthcare and Frontline worker support (PPE for […]
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Though our Rotary Fights Child Hunger campaign was originally to end on April 6th, because of the COVID-19 pandemic, need in our community remains high. We have now EXTENDED this campaign so that you can continue to make contributions to this drive that we have in partnership with Food Gatherers. Both you and our club […]
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(From Rotary International) World Immunization Week, 24-30 April, is here. Join with Rotary as we raise awareness of the importance of vaccinations and our work to #EndPolio. Each year, Rotary and our partners vaccinate more than 400 million children against polio. When children receive the polio vaccine, their pinkie fingers are marked with purple ink […]
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