BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//github.com/ical-org/ical.net//NONSGML ical.net 5.1.4//EN VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:NOTE: Luncheon $23 - cash or cheque Register no later than Tuesdays 12 noon. Contact Keith at ktsukishima@hotmail.com Register car license at Front Desk End Polio Update - Brian Finley Members\, good opportunity to invite potential members to learn about End Polio\, one of our passion ! Rotary\, the World Health Organization\, UNICEF and the Cent ers for Disease Control and Prevention launched the Global Polio Eradicati on Initiative in 1988. In 2007\, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation joine d Rotary in its commitment to ending polio. Since we started the fight ag ainst polio\, we’ve reduced the number of polio cases by 99.9 percent an d reached more than 2.5 billion children with the vaccine. There are fewer polio cases today than ever before\, but we will not stop until we reach zero. If polio is not eradicated\, hundreds of thousands of children could be paralyzed. Global health care costs would rise dramatically\, and many children’s quality of life would be drastically diminished. Brian is a member of the Rotary Club of Squamish\, and past-president 2014-15. He ser ves as the District 5040 Chair for Rotary’s End Polio Now campaign. He h olds B.Sc. and MBA degrees from UBC\, and has had a career in IT and Compu ter Services. He joined Rotary in 2003\, while living and working in Engla nd. Brian was an official at the Luge event in Whistler during the 2010 Ol ympics. He enjoy skiing\, hiking\, biking\, and trying to play golf. He ha s been a guest speaker on polio at many clubs and events in the District. He will be travelling to Ethiopia in October with a group of Rotarians t o participate in the National Polio Immunization Campaign there. “Polio is Rotary’s No. 1 humanitarian priority\, We are so close\, yet there i s still much to do. I hope\, through my role in Rotary\, that I am able t o make a contribution and help us get over the finish line.” - Brian Fin ley DTEND:20170906T203000Z DTSTAMP:20260831T005659Z DTSTART:20170906T191500Z LOCATION:Hilton Vancouver Airport SEQUENCE:1 SUMMARY:Wed Luncheon - End Polio Update by Brian Finley UID:8bd90b22-8168-46b3-9c30-5841074e3368 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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Luncheon $23 - cash or \;cheque \;
Register no lat er than Tuesdays 12 noon.
Co ntact Keith at \;ktsukishima@hotmail.com
Register ca r license at Front Desk \;

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End Polio Update - Brian Finley \;

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Members\, good opportunity to invite potential members to learn about End Polio\, one of our passion !
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Ro tary\, the World Health Organization\, UNICEF and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention launched the Global Polio Eradication Initiative in 1988. In 2007\, the Bill &\; Melinda Gates Foundation joined Rotary in its commitment to ending polio.
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Sinc e we \;started the fight against polio\, we&rsquo\;ve reduced the numb er of polio cases by 99.9 percent and reached more than 2.5 billion childr en with the vaccine. There are fewer polio cases today than ever before\, but we will not stop until we reach zero. If polio is not eradicated\, hun dreds of thousands of children could be paralyzed. Global health care cost s would rise dramatically\, and many children&rsquo\;s quality of life wou ld be drastically diminished.
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Brian is a member of the Rotary Club of Squamish\, and past-president 2014-15. He s erves as the District 5040 Chair for Rotary&rsquo\;s End Polio Now campaig n.
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He holds B.Sc. and MBA degrees from UBC\, and has had a caree r in IT and Computer Services. He joined Rotary in 2003\, while living and working in England.
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Brian was an official at the Luge event in Whistler during the 2010 Olympics. He enjoy skiing\, hiking\, biking\, and trying to play golf.
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He has been a guest speaker on polio at ma ny clubs and events in the District. \;He will be travelling to Ethiop ia in October with a group of Rotarians to participate in the National Pol io Immunization Campaign there.
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&ldquo\;Polio is Rotary&rsquo\;s No. 1 humanitarian priority\, We are so close\, yet there is still much to do. I \;hope\, through my role in Rotary\, that I am able to make a contribution and help us get over the finish line.&rdquo\; - Brian Finley
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