PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
July 1, 2024
Colleagues,
Welcome to the 2024-2025 Rotary Year and the Fulton Rotary Family. Fulton Rotary has been a cornerstone of Callaway County for over 100 years. Fulton Rotary has a significant history of service locally, nationally and internationally. Throughout our history we have evolved to recruit broad spectrum of members and activities that demonstrate "Service Above Self."
Personally, I view Fulton Rotary as the conscience of our community! We step in to support those in need and projects that empower those that need a hand up. Our activities and support include but are not limited to international service, local community service, various financial support to traditional community support agencies and area youth.
As a group we are proud of our support to youth groups encouraging leadership and community service. Historically we provide significant scholarships to several youth from each of the four county high schools.
Our traditional day club meets Wednesday at noon at Ohana Pizzeria; our satellite club meets monthly in the evening the third Tuesday. Our youth clubs Interact @ Fulton High and Rotaract @ William Woods University have flexible schedules dependent upon student availability.
Feel free to review this website and follow our Facebook page (www.facebook.com/FultonMoRotary). You are welcome to join us at any time and be part of the conscience of Fulton!
My very best regards!
Jacque A. Cowherd
President
October 2024
2024 Milestones Achieved Toward Ending Polio Prove Vaccines Work
As we honor two incredible milestones toward reaching a polio-free world this year, we must note that neither would have been possible without vaccines.
Thanks to their safety and efficacy, the World Health Organization (WHO’s) South-East Asia Region, which includes India, is celebrating a decade free of wild polio, and its Region of the Americas, which includes the United States, is celebrating 30 years of the same.
Both achievements result from large-scale immunization campaigns spearheaded by Rotary and its Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) partners. Thanks to their continued efforts, wild polio only circulates in Pakistan and Afghanistan, and polio cases have been reduced by 99.9 percet worldwide over the past 35-plus years.
Despite this progress, polio anywhere remains a threat everywhere. As a Rotary member, I urge readers to join us in our mission to end polio for good. Your support is crucial in ensuring that this paralyzing disease does not return to polio-free countries, thereby protecting children everywhere.
On World Polio Day, Oct. 24, Rotary calls for your continued public support. Your contributions can help fund the end of polio, and your efforts to share factual information can encourage vaccine acceptance and uptake, preventing polio outbreaks in the future.
Visit endpolio.org to learn more about how you can get involved.
Sincerely,
Jacque A. Cowherd
President
