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CAMPBELL Rotary
W W W . C A M P B E L L R O T A R Y. O R G CHARTERED FEB., 1948

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At last week’s meeting, President Rick Davis outbid all other bidders
for the coveted Governor’s Gift brought in by Governor Loren Harper. The
proceeds of the auction will go toward our clubs annual goal of $1,000 to
support RI’s Polio Plus Program.
Los Altos Rotary Aids Project
Rich Casey, of the Los Altos
Rotary Club shared with our group an
amazing project that began in Los Altos
twenty years ago and continues to be
even more important today. The Child’s
AIDS Prevention Project targets those
third world countries,
Saturday’s “Fun, Fitness &
mainly in Africa,
where the spread of
AIDS continues to be
a tremendous
problem. Mr. Casey,
for example
explained that the
annual count of
children born with
HIV in the U.S. is
about 100, while in
Africa it is 700,000.
This fact is all the sadder because we
have the tools and medicines to prevent
most of those infections. Education
remains at the heart of this campaign
which is currently focused in Liberia.
Mr. Casey informed the
club that since the creation of the drug
Nevirapene, it is possible to prevent
HIV infection of new borns by giving
just one dose to the mother as she goes
into labor and one dose to the infant
within 72 hours of birth. This simple “F-F-F” off to a
practice can save almost 1,000 children
a day from this incidious disease. good start!
To help fund the
project, this year the Los
Altos Rotary Club is Fellowship” activity had beautiful
sponsoring a Child AIDS weather and a very popular
Prevention Symposium at location for some early morning
the Crowne Plaza Cabana
exercising and friendly
in Palo Alto on Sunday,
October 11 from 4:00 to conversation. The 90 minute event
6:30 PM. Featured was organized by Judy
speakers will include Armstrong, who brought her
Ambassador Stephen
Lewis, Director of AIDS- husband and dog to lead the pack.
Free World, and Paul Volberding, M.D., Bill Highley, Janine Payton, Jim
Co-Director of the UCSF-GIVI Center Morelan and John Shannon came
for AIDS Research. A social hour, with
Hors d’oeuvres and beverages will out to enjoy all 3 “F’s.”
precede the event. Tickets, $125 each,
may be purchased online at 
www.rotaryaidsproject.org.

Coming Events Oct. 15: Avenues of Service

Oct. 3: Child Advocates’ Picnic Oct. 17-18: Octoberfest

Oct. 10: RI “End Polio Day” Oct. 24: Fun-Fitness-Fellowship

Oct. 12: Dinner Service @ EHC Oct. 25: WVCS Picnic @ JCC