Oct 24, 2018 5:00 PM
Dr Bob Scott - Past Chair Rotary PolioPlus Program
World Polio Day - Broadcast Live from Durham College's New Global Classroom

Joint meeting of Durham Region Rotary Clubs at the new Global Classroom in the new Centre for Collaborative Education at Durham College where we will celebrate World Polio Day with leaders from around the world. Cash bar and sandwiches will be served. Cost $25 per person (portion will be donated to The Rotary Foundation's Polio Eradictaion and credited to your next Paul Harris Fellow. Spouses invited.

We are asking all 10 Rotary Clubs in Durham Region to cancel the weekly meetings this week and instead, attend, with their spouses, this World Polio Day Event in the new Global Classroom, in the new Centre for Collaborative Education Building at Durham College, 2000 Simcoe St. N., Oshawa, ON, Canada L1G 0C5 .

The event, hosted by the Rotary Clubs of Oshawa and Oshawa-Parkwood, will run from 5 pm to about 9 pm.

There will be a 45 minutes reception from 5 to 5:45 pm and there will be a cash bar. This will be an opportunity to visit with fellow Rotarians and share with them our great desire to eradicate polio from the world. Light lunch will be served. Cost of the event will be $25.00 per person and a portion of the ticket price will be a donation to the Rotary Foundations' End Polio Campaign. That portion, going to The Rotary Foundation, will be credited to each Rotaria's next Paul Harris Award.

The capacity will be 200 and it will be on a first come first served registration .

The Global Classroom has the ability to receive and send out the Rotary livestream feed (from 6 pm to 6:45 pm) featuring Rotarians and their Global Polio Eradication initiative Partners (as we have done for the last few years). This feed would be made available to all Rotary Clubs in District 7070 and may also be able to be broadcast to colleges and universities worldwide on the Durham College network.

Please Register for the event on the www.rotary7070.org website.