Rotarian and polio survivor John Nanni was our Zoom speaker last week. Despite the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, he said, Rotary's efforts to eliminate the disease there and everywhere continue. Our club with others throughout the world joins the funding effort to accomplish the great goal. (Our Foundation chair Barbara Conner accepts donations for this purpose.)
No meeting this week. Happy Thanksgiving.
In memory of our late President Tom Disinger, a group of us helped out at Capital Region Toys for Tots on Sunday, at their warehouse in Clifton Park. (They will be needing more volunteers this month and next.) Pictured are Cheryl and Bob Bonney, Bob Conner, Steve Ames, Estelle Genest, Doug Ford (from the Ballston Spa club), Dave and Pat Kruczlnicki. Behind the camera was Barbara Conner, and somehow avoiding the spotlight were Miles Cornthwaite and Tom Genest.
Toys for Tots is affiliated with the U.S. Marine Corps, which is affiliated with the U.S. Navy, in which
our own Paul Phillips served in the 1960s, about which he told good stories as the speaker at today's meeting. He also recited from memory W.S. Gilbert's tribute to the very model of a modern major-general.
