The Neenah Rotary Club is committed to the Rotary ideal of "service above self."  Our club is a cross-section of Neenah residents, business and professional people who are not only good friends, but are united in a common commitment to serve others for the benefit of the community.

Neenah Rotary is active in our community through community service projects and scholarships.

We hope you join us as a guest at one of our weekly meetings or enjoy one of our public community events: Seafood Fest, Uncorked & Uncapped and Scholarship Scramble.

By Dan Nixon
Rotary International News        

The All India End Polio Now Road Show, organized by District 3201 (parts of Kerala and Tamil Nadu), inspired support for polio eradication in India, Nepal, and Bhutan in late 2011 and early 2012. Photo courtesy of District 3201

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The World Health Organization has officially removed India from the list of polio-endemic countries. Ghulam Nabi Azad, India's minister of Health and Family Welfare, made the announcement at the Polio Summit 2012 in New Delhi on 25 February. Azad said that he had been informed of WHO’s action by its director-general, Dr. Margaret Chan.

"It is a matter of satisfaction that we have completed one year without any single new case of polio being reported from anywhere in the country," said Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the summit, which was organized by the government of India and Rotary International. "This gives us hope that we can finally eradicate polio not only from India but from the face of the entire mother earth. The success of our efforts shows that teamwork pays."

India's last reported case was a two-year-old girl in West Bengal State on 13 January 2011. Before polio eradication can be certified in India, it must go two more years without another case of the disease. Polio remains endemic in only three countries: Afghanistan, Nigeria, and Pakistan.

For more information:

• See a post in the Rotary Voices blog
• View a video message from RI President Kalyan Banerjee
• Learn more about Rotary's efforts to eradicate polio

Strive 2 B continues to move ahead.  The group designed their own t-shirts to create an identity for the group and around the school.  Here's a photo of the group:

• April 21, 2012 : Habitat Shed Build, Location to be determined, 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
• April 26, 2012: Strive 2 Be Graduation, Holiday Inn Neenah Riverwalk, 12:00 p.m. to 1:15 p.m