Literacy Day

On the Club's Literacy Day President John welcomed 24 Members and 2 guests to the meeting where they could hope for success in the monthly draw of the 200 Club. A Rotarian at the meeting won the £200 top prize for this March draw. The weekly raffle, with 2 prizes, raised £29 for our charity fund. President John reminded those going to the Rotary meal that it was imminent and that pp Brian Munro would welcome more favourite soup menus for his charity booklet. PP Iain Gow had attended the recent District Council where proposals from our club regarding a Youth Camp a nd Membership  were adopted. Polio Plus has almost reached it's goal of wiping out polio with only 7 cases reported in the world in the last 12 months - 6 in Pakistan and 1 in Afghanistan. However, all clubs are asked to continue to support Polio Plus (any money raised will still be doubled by Bill Gates) as without complete elimination a resurgence of the disease is quite possible. Among other interesting matters was the demonstration of an electronic screen divided into 7 sections where voices and visuals can be used simultaneously, a new District website format (DMS) and the fact that 38% of women in the world are illiterate, with India suffering the most. New Kirkcaldy Rotarian Alistair  had been very active in visiting 4 other clubs in a short time and delivering a talk.  Literacy Day was then marked by varied poems read by 5 members of the club, which were well received. Next week's talk has the intriguing title " The Journey of Clothes".