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Good News... Charlie - Went to the Texas A&M vs Florida game - It was a G R E A T game - Woohoo Mike - Mother-In-Law had past away - May she now rest in Peace. Don - Son came in to visit - They took the corvette out to a track event to drive the car on the race track - It was a fun day! Doris - Victoria and baby Brooklyn are doing good! - Conroe club is hosting Spirit of Texas Polio event if anyone interested in attending. Club Announcements... Ashley - Billing will go out next week - RYLA application due November 3rd - She has a team for the Heart Walk on October 28th anyone interested in walking let her know. Pam - Saturday is Shopping with Kids for school clothes at Old Navy - its to finish the grant project. Halloween Social next Thursday - NO morning meeting - playing mini golf at Longview in Montgomery - Doris - The Paul Harris Society recognizes Rotary members and friends of The Rotary Foundation who elect to contribute $1,000 or more each year to the Annual Fund, PolioPlus Fund, or approved global grants.The purpose of the Paul Harris Society is to honor and thank individuals for their generous, ongoing support of The Rotary Foundation. - EREY - Every Rotarian, Every Year - For clubs that achieve a minimum Annual Fund contribution of $100 per capita during the Rotary year, and every dues-paying member must personally contribute at least $25 to the Annual Fund during the year. 100% Foundation Giving Club - For clubs that achieve an average of $100 in per capita giving and 100 percent participation, with every dues-paying member contributing at least $25 to any or all of the following during the Rotary year: Annual Fund, PolioPlus Fund, approved global grants, or Endowment Fund. Rick - Both Interact Club's are in the midst of the Candy Roll Project - at Montgomery High School the students rolled 7000 rolls and ate 180 slices of pizza in about 1 hour - Willis Interact is having a rolling day next week - Still in need of hard candy! DRUM ROLL PLEASE.... Craig and Charlie (standing in for Audrey) picking the mini golf teams - Competition is ON!!! the teams were picked for the Halloween Mini Golf Social event for next Thursday - If you have signed up - your name was picked for one of the two teams... Let the Fun Begin... See you at Longview Mini Golf in Montgomery... Guest Speaker... Polio Survivor - Mary Ellen Hemby with her daughter Jo Ladd Mary Ellen and Jo moved to the Willis area because of a housing program supported by the US Agriculture Rural Housing Program for disabled citizens. She grew up in Nebraska but moved to the Houston area because the weather here is better for polio survivors than the cold winters in Nebraska. When she was diagnosed with Polio as a child she wan in the hospital for 6 weeks - polio can effect either the upper body like the lungs area or the nervous in the lower area like the legs - she is effected in the nerves in her legs - she has had to use leg braces, crutches, and now a wheelchair. She has taught herself how to swim. As a young person she taught herself lots of things because there was not much available for disable people back then - She went to college and got her teaching certificate - she taught montessori for many years till it got to where she could not get up and down from the floor very easy. She went to work for SW Bell and was able to work at a desk job for many years till her arms started to get week. The muscles in her body began to get weak after many years of over using her arms and legs - its an effect from the polio the doctors are now realizing is effecting the survivors - the younger doctors are not familiar with polio because it is not a disease they need to care for now. there are 2 million polio survivors. There has not been any new cases in America for a long time because of the immunization. She was married and has 2 children - She now lives with her daughter Jo and her husband, daughter and one on the way... her husband past away several years ago. Her 3 year old granddaughter brightens her day. Because of the internet - She has connected with people all over the world to talk about Polio and how people are effected and now realizes how people were very active and exercised is now effecting their health later in life. Her daughter Jo, talked about her upbringing was normal - even though helping her mom was just a way of life - she never felt like it was a burden or different - she encourages immunization and how important it is - she talks about polio to her classes and shows pictures - Jo is a teacher at Willis High School and is the Interact Club sponsor - She has realized with having her mom come talk at the school it has helped with bullying in the school - kids are realizing being different is not a weakness or outcast - you are a person too. NO MORNING MEETING NEXT WEEK - HALLOWEEN SOCIAL AT LONGVIEW MINI GOLF IN MONTGOMERY - 6:00PM-8:00PM YOU CAN WEAR A COSTUME/DRESS UP IF YOU WOULD LIKE TOO!!!
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