Approximately 20 Cabarrus Rotarians enjoyed a wonderful evening at the Embassy Suites at this year’s District Foundation Banquet. Event chair, Anita Brown did a great job coordinating the event and expressed her appreciation to all of the club members who volunteered to help as greeters and to help check in guests. Rotarian Steve Morris also did a wonderful job with the event decorations again this year.
Jody Zogran was the keynote speaker and she talked about her experiences while a nurse in the Polio section of Municipal Hospital in Pittsburgh, PA during the early 1950s. I was most moved by a story she told about what the hardest part was for her treating these patients. She said it was knowing that the parents had a healthy 7 or 8 year old out playing in the yard one day and then the next morning, they could not even get out of bed. They would end up in the hospital a few hours later and then their child would suddenly be sequestered for 10-14 days. It was such a shock to the family and so traumatic to the child. I could not help but think about Jake and how devastating that would be. It really brought home how important it is for us as Rotarians to continue this fight to eradicate Polio so no parent in our world has to endure this. Click here to read an article about Jody and her relationship with Rotary.
