A successful World Polio Day
The Rotary Clubs of Oshawa hosted a World Polio Day event on Oct. 24 that was livestreamed across the world. The event featured special guest speakers from Pakistan. (Photo supplied)
In honour of World Polio Day 2018, the Rotary Clubs of Oshawa and Oshawa-Parkwood co-hosted and live streamed to the world, a World Polio Day Event from the new Global Classroom in the new Centre for Collaborative Education at Durham College on Wednesday, Oct. 24.
Oshawa Mayor John Henry (the newly elected Chair of Durham Region who is also a long-time member of the Oshawa Rotary Club) presented proclamations from the City of Oshawa to Kevin Harding, President of the Oshawa Rotary Club (the Mayor’s Rotary Club) and to Linda Porritt, President of the Oshawa-Parkwood Rotary Club.
Mayors Don Mitchell of Whitby, Pat Molloy of Uxbridge, and Deputy Mayor of Scugog Janna Guido followed suit.
Mayors Dave Ryan of Pickering and Bob Sanderson of neighbouring Port Hope, unable to be at the event, also made proclamations to their Rotary Clubs. The event, attended by 120 Rotarians, many civic officials from the cities and towns of Durham Region and their guests.
Special guests from Pakistan were streamed in live, where it was 4:30 am on Thursday morning, during the keynote speech by Dr. Bob Scott, the immediate Past Chair of the Rotary International PolioPlus Committee worldwide.