Posted by Chantelle Meriam on Oct 22, 2017
Greetings fellow Rotarians -
 
You may not have had an opportunity to sign up for the October 24 Blitz to eradicate Polio. This is your chance to be included. Stations will be set up in the downtown area and, if we get enough volunteers, two persons will be at each station. Ideally, we will have four persons for each station, so each pair will put in one hour, between 11:30 and 1:30.
 
Please meet me at the library parking lot at 11:30 am on Tuesday, October 24th.
 
 
Stations will be set up at the following locations:
 
  • At the library
  • In front of the vacant store beside the Great Grains bakery (It has a sign in the window that says California Concepts - perhaps it's spelled with a K - Kalifornia Koncepts)
  • In front of the vacant store across the street from the library (it has a brown paper sign in the window that says Chalk Store)
  • In front of the Summerland Review offices
  • In front of IGA
  • In front of Your Dollar Store with More
I have collection buckets for you (plastic Hallowe'en pumpkins) and four ruby red footprints for each station. As well, you will have a large red poster for display purposes. I will pick up the posters, the pumpkins and the footsteps after our blitz ends. 
 
Who remembers Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz? Or rather, Judy Garland in the movie? She wore ruby red slippers, clicked her heels together, and her wish came true. I'm hoping our wish will come true and we can truly take that giant step forward to eradicate polio.
 
Thank you for your support.
Florida