Paul, who is Malta town historian and a member of the Ballston Spa Rotary Club, spoke about the massive efforts, starting about 45 years ago by Rotary at the International level and including our District, to wipe out polio.
It is hoped that every Rotarian every year will contribute to this cause, and every club has a Rotary Foundation chair to help make it happen.
Paul also spoke in more personal terms, about seeing children in iron lungs when he was young, how his own brother had a purportedly "mild" case of the disease but was seriously affected in later life by post-polio syndrome, and about his friendship with his work colleague Louise Rourke, a polio survivor who swam Lake George in 2018 to raise funds to help Rotary eradicate the disease.
In other business, members discussed upcoming events they will be volunteering at and the public can support, including: a barbecue this afternoon (Friday) at Brookside Museum in Ballston Spa; a craft fair with an AOET Uganda booth at Congress Park in Saratoga Springs on Saturday; and a Malta Sunrise Rotary-sponsored Red Cross blood drive Monday afternoon at Malta Community Center (would-be donors please put ZIP code 12020 in link).
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