The Rotary Club of Kernersville, NC

On Feb. 24th, John Ford presented Rotary “Polio Awareness Week”. After 20 years of hard work, Rotary and its partners are on the brink of eradicating this tenacious disease, but a strong push is needed now to root it out once and for all. It is a window of opportunity of historic proportions. Your contribution will help Rotary raise $200 million to match $355 million in challenge grants received from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The resulting $555 million will directly support immunization campaigns in developing countries, where polio continues to infect and paralyze children, robbing them of their futures and compounding the hardships faced by their families.

On Feb. 17th, Joshua & Jessica Katz from Katz Chiropractic discussed, " How to Reduce Musculoskeletal Disorders in the Workplace" . Preventing injuries, pain symptoms and avoiding retitive injuries were just a few items that were discussed by Dr. Katz.

On Feb. 3rd & 10th, our meetings were canceled due to weather conditions.

On Jan. 27th, Classification Talks were given by Jim Fradenburg, Bryant Foriest, Jean Dominique

On Jan. 20th, Tony Smits, Robert Gale & Steve Whitcomb gave Classification Talks. The Rotary Foundation has established the Haiti Earthquake Relief Fund, a donor advised fund, to streamline the flow of contributions from U.S. Rotarians.

On Jan. 13th, Chief Kenny Gamble introduced the newest police officers, Kernersville's own K-9s. The KPD's Belgian Malinois take care of suspect apprehension, searching buildings, searching vehicles for drugs, but do not search people. Students & Teachers of the Month were: Matt Oakley, Meredith Ward, Liz Cox(T) from East & Michael Pegg, Jordyn Reisenauer & Rae Hurley(T) from Glenn.

On Jan. 6th, Jason Grubbs led our CLUB ASSEMBLY. Scholarship Winners Ashley Warren & Justin Bloomfield spoke briefly. Goals and Achievements for 2009-10 were discussed, including the Pancake Supper which brought in some $20,000.