Copy of Waterloo Rotary Reporter (May 12, 2017)

May 15th Program - Senior Companions

Sonya Carlson is the director for the Senior Companion program, which pairs seniors with stipend-earning senior volunteers.

Here's a Courier article from last year about the program.

Here's a link with more details from Hawkeye Community College.

Hops & Grapes 2017 Will Benefit Operation Warm

Hops & Grapes will be held on Thursday, May 18, from 6-9 PM at the Isle Casino Waterloo. We are featuring wine and beer selections from Iowa Producers, along with heavy appetizers from our Friends at the Isle. We will not have much of an auction this year, we will be requesting tax deductible donations directly to Operation Warm, the rest of the night belongs to you to network, mingle, and enjoy Rotarian fellowship! Cost is only $20 per person, so invite friends, family, prospective Rotarians, anybody that might have fun!

https://www.facebook.com/events/104543610117001/

May 8th Program Honors Students

The Waterloo Rotary Club annually recognizes senior honor students of the Waterloo high schools and their principals. Through this recognition, the Waterloo Rotary Club congratulates its outstanding students and schools for their accomplishments, commitment to excellence, and dedication to developing leaders of the future. We are extremely proud of each participant and salute them for their achievements.

http://waterloorotary.org/4444/Page/ShowSitePage?ClassCode=SitePage&Slug=student-scholars-luncheon

Polio vaccine pioneer dies at age 96

Dr. Younger, right, with Jonas Salk

Dr. Julius Younger was the last surviving member of the team which developed the first successful polio vaccine

Most people of a certain age, especially Rotarians, recognize the name, Dr. Jonas Salk as the person who is credited with developing the injectible polio vaccine in 1955. But there were several other members of that team at the University of Pittsburgh, including Dr. Julius Younger who died April 27 at age 96 in Pittsburgh. He was 34 at the time the vaccine as approved by the Centers for Disease Control after massive tests with over 440,000 children in 44 states.

Younger’s most significant contributions to the team effort were developing a method using monkey kidneys to create large quantities of the polio virus for experiments and development of the vaccine; and finding a way to deactivate the virus without disrupting its abilities to produce antibodies, according to an article in the May 7 New York Times.