Lander Wyoming
Club Information
Welcome to our Club!

Service Above Self

We meet In Person
Wednesdays at 12:00 p.m.
Oxbow Restaurant
170 E Main St
Side Meeting Room
Lander, WY 82520
United States of America
Club Leadership
President
President Elect
Immediate Past President
Treasurer
Bookkeeper
Secretary
Director
Director
Program Chair
RYLA/YRYLA Chair
Public Relations Chair
Membership Chair
Service Projects Chair
Rotary Foundation Chair
Polio Chair
Here is what is happening in our club
 
 
Follow Polio Vaccination Teams in Pakistan
UNICEF has recently released a short film (just over 6 minutes) that follows polio vaccination teams in two parts of Pakistan: Murree and Mithi. Murree is in a mountainous region, while Mithi is in a vast desert. This short film was made in February, during the first polio vaccination campaign in Pakistan this year, when over 400,000 frontline health workers visited homes across the country to vaccinate 45 million children ages 5 and under. The film shows the time and effort it takes to be able to reach children through tough terrain, especially in remote areas.
 
The Club’s HUGE Garage Sale on August 23 was a HUGE success!!  The sale, held in the Fossens’ driveway, netted $2,211.25
These proceeds will be used to support the club’s service projects, led by the Service Committee.  Thanks to everyone who donated
items and worked in the sale...and to Cassy Venters, who chaired the event. Cassy has estimated that our members contributed 214 volunteer hours for the sale.  Clearly, we couldn’t have done it without you!!
                                                       The Lander Rotary Club's annual July 4th Rotary BBQ in City Park was a grand success this year!  More than 1040 plates were served -- an increase of 15%                                                               over last year -- and the gross income was more than $15,000, not including the club's portion of concession sales (beer and ice                      cream).  Expenses are still preliminary, but it appears our net income should be in the range of $5,000,  about the same as last year. 
 
 
   In addition, members and others contributed $7,500 in sponsorships that will be dedicated to the club’s service projects.   Kudos to Past President Ron Fossen and     President-elect George Case (2026-27) for a fabulous job in leading the BBQ Committee and the Club in making this event so successful!! 
    
 
 
 
 
The Club's district-wide Art Auction and Raffle to raise money for sending more cell phone chargers to the Ukrainian people netted $4,845, Ken Schreuder, the project leader, has announced.  That's enough to purchase at least 38 more solar panels, convert them to solar cell phone chargers, and ship them to schools, hospitals, Rotary clubs, and others in war-torn Ukraine, where the electrical grid has been devastated by Russian bombing and missile attacks over the last three-plus years.  "While the Auction and Raffle failed to reach our goal, it was still a win," Schreuder said, "because it enables the club to send almost 40 more cell phone chargers to Ukraine."
No new Wild Polio paralysis cases reported this past week
 
We are now 5 weeks since the most recent report of a child being paralyzed by the Wild Polio Virus in Pakistan!  As part of phase III of the #BigCatchUp, over the next 12 days World Health Organization- Pakistan will work side by side with Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and partners to vaccinate children who missed life-saving doses due to the COVID-19 pandemic, floods, or other reasons.
 
"Rotarians are Writing a Different Story;" PolioPlus takes center stage at Rotary Convention in Calgary

As thousands of Rotarians from around the world gathered at the Rotary International Convention in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, last month, Rotary and the Gates Foundation announced an extended partnership to end polio for good with an injection of nearly half a billion dollars into the effort.  Bill Gates and WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus both addressed the convention, and thanked Rotarians for their tireless efforts to helping eradicate polio and showing that “in a world where division and despair too often dominate the headlines, Rotarians are writing a different story:  That change is possible.  That equity is possible.  That peace is possible.”  Watch a video summary (one minutre) of the DG’s speech here and his full speech here.

2025 Wild Polio Case Total  16 - Afghanistan 2 - Pakistan 14

2024 Wild Polio Case Total 98 - Afghanistan 25 - Pakistan 73

 
 
          
 
 
Mailing Information:
P.O. Box 502
Lander, Wyoming  82520
Birthdays & Anniversaries
Member Birthdays:
  • Joe Quiroz
    November 7
  • John Brown
    November 8
  • Carol Chidsey
    November 13
  • Dominick Weigel
    November 17
  • Linda Hudson
    November 24
Spouse/Partner Birthdays:
  • Walt Seeley
    November 7
  • November 19
  • Suzanne Lilygren
    November 23
Anniversaries:
  • Joe Quiroz
    Andrea Erickson
    November 12