Polio Update Sanjeeb Sapkota, MBBS, MPH Senior Public Health Advisor Tamayo Federal Solutions LLC (TFS), Contractor Polio Eradication Branch\ Africa Team Global Immunization Division Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Dr. Sapkota is a physician, medical epidemiologist, and global health leader with over 25 years of experience in public health, disease surveillance, outbreak response, and health policy across multiple continents.
Lunch: Thai Mango
Meeting Location: Mason County Historical Society
Meeting help needed: Lunch money collection and 50/50 ticket sales
If you're attending tonight, wear your Rotary pin, Rotary shirt, socks, etc.!
Multi Club Mixer - October 20, 2026
5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Oceana County Council for Aging, Hart Dinner and Cash Bar
Speaker: Julie Schumaker, District Governor
We encourage a strong showing from the Rotary Club of Ludington (the FUN Club!).
“Ending polio is one of the greatest promises Rotary has made to the world, and it remains one of our most important commitments. On#WorldPolioDay, we’ll celebrate the people driving this effort forward and renew our determination to finish the job.”
YinkaBabalola, 2026-27 President, Rotary International
The very famous Mary Poppins song "A Spoonful of Sugar" was actually inspired by the polio vaccine.
Songwriter Robert Sherman was having a hard time coming up with a catchy song for Julie Andrews hit movie. Inspiration struck him one night when his children told him all about their polio vaccine they received at school. They said it didn’t hurt because the polio vaccine was placed on a sugar cube.
Did you know?
Did you know that M*A*S*H actor Alan Alda had polio as a child? In a recent CBS Sunday Morning interview, Dr. John LaPook talks to Alda about his experiences of contracting polio at the age of seven [2:47min-4:38min], and living now with Parkinson's disease. Extended interview: Alan Alda
🎃 Halloween Party & Costume Contest! 🎃
Join us Thursday, October 29 during our lunch meeting for a little Halloween fun!
Come dressed in your Halloween best and get ready to show off your creativity. Prizes will be awarded for:
👻 Scariest Costume
🏆 Members’ Choice Award
We hope everyone will join in the fun and make it a spooktacular lunch meeting!
Auction Details
Timeline:
Auction tickets are available to purchase in the Qgiv app.
Forms for Auction items are due by 11/6/26
Online Auction opens for business on 11/20 at 8:00 a.m. and closes 12/2 at 7:30 p.m.
Auction Gala - 12/2 - Lincoln Hills
Reminders:
Each Auction item needs a form, with complete details about the item
Take items and forms to Greenridge Realty (across from Walgreens)
What you can do now:
Contact the donors on your list
Spread the word - we need bidders, attendees, etc. Give blue cards to friends, businesses, bulletin boards, etc. Share social media posts.
Bottles of wine are needed for wine basket raffles. You can bring to Club meetings or Greenridge.
What you can do later:
Help is needed the day before and the day of the Auction.
Help is needed at the Auction.
Auction forms, solicitation letters and blue cards will be available at Club meetings and at Greenridge.
There is a list of businesses that are not assigned to a Rotarian. Please review the list and adopt if you are able.
The Rotary magazine Photo Awards is open for submissions until December 31, 2026.
Have a photo that captures Rotary in action? We want to see it. Submit your best images of your club, people of action, community life, or the world around you.
Winning photos will appear in the June 2027 issue of Rotary magazine.
