A week before Thanksgiving, I flew to Tucson for the third consecutive year to cycle 106 sometimes painful, sometimes exhilarating but in the end always gratifying miles participating in El Tour de Tucson. I easily (and at a much lesser expense) could have done the same locally as the Horrible Hundred was held the same weekend. Or, I could have spent the weekend getting a head … [Read more...]
Rotary Update: Little Free Library
Teamwork from the Rotary Club of Lake Nona Lunch, building materials from Home Depot and design inspiration from Maurita Sutton Brown of Designs by M-Simply Maurita have worked together to produce a bookcase for the Little Free Library that is now open for residents at the Ronald McDonald House. Every donated book has a stamp inside to show the teamwork of the community. The … [Read more...]
Rotary Interact Club of Lake Nona
How would you like to work together not only to benefit yourself but to benefit your neighborhood as well? When you volunteer as a group, more can get done, more issues can be resolved, and visibility can be brought to challenges that face our world today. Here in Lake Nona, there is a group that works together to make this community stronger and a better place to live. The … [Read more...]
Miles to End Polio-Cycling so Others May Walk
Since 1985, Rotary International has worked tirelessly to immunize more than 2 billion children worldwide against the crippling Polio virus. Today, we are close to achieving our goal with only 3 remaining endemic countries (Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nigeria) and fewer than 12 cases reported worldwide year-to-date. Rotarian volunteers worldwide have contributed billions of … [Read more...]
Rotary Update – 5th Annual World Polio Day
The Rotary Club of Lake Nona Lunch hosted a 5th Annual World Polio Day event on Oct. 24. The message: One Day, One Focus: Ending Polio. What Is Polio? Poliomyelitis is a highly infectious disease that most commonly affects children under the age of 5. Most know it as poliovirus. The virus is spread person to person, typically through contaminated water. It can attack the … [Read more...]