<p> The Uptown Weekly Welcome to the Rotary Club of Dallas-Uptown, TX USA the exclusively inclusive Rotary club Rotary Year: July 1, 2012-June 30, 2013 June 6, 2013 Texas Land & Cattle 3130 Lemmon Ave. Dallas, TX, 75204 Uptown - Lemmon & Cole, near the West Village Thursdays from 11:45am -1:00pm</p><p>1.3 million men and women donate their expertise, time, and funds to support local and international projects that help people in need and promotes understanding among cultures. Rotary's flagship program is its effort to protect children against polio, with the goal of ending the disease throughout the world. www.rotary.org www.rotary5810.org http://www.dallasuptownrotary.org/ https://www.facebook.com/uptownrotary</p><p>Special thanks to our Newsletter sponsors: Nearby Rotary Clubs to Make-Up Missed Meetings</p><p>Dallas Evening Rotary Club Dallas Trinity Rotary Club La Calle Doce Info Mart 415 W. 12th Street 1950 Stemmons Freeway Dallas, Texas 75208 Dallas, Texas 75207 Meeting Day and Time: Thursdays at 7:30pm Meeting Day and Time: Mondays at noon</p><p>East Dallas Rotary Club Park Cities Rotary Club Crossroads Diner Maggiano’s Restaurant 8121 Walnut Hill 2nd Floor Dallas, Texas 75231 8687 North Central Expressway Meeting Day and Time: Tuesdays at noon North Park Center Dallas, Texas 75225 Preston Center Rotary Club Meeting Day and Time: Fridays at noon Park City Club 5956 Sherry Lane Rotary Club of Dallas 17th Floor Fairmont Hotel Dallas, Texas 75225 1717 N. Akard Meeting Day and Time: Wednesdays at 7:15am Dallas, Texas 75201</p><p>TODAY’S PROGRAM, Thursday, June 13, 2013: 13-Jun Discover Your Life's Purpose Douglas Petersen [email protected] 817-690-8321 http://douglasnpetersen.com/Speaker.html www.douglasnpetersen.com</p><p>Rotary Cares This section is for health and personal concerns that you would like to share with the club. Please also feel free to email Rev. Gregg Smith with any personal and confidential concerns. [email protected]</p><p> Rev Gregg Smith-prayers for healing and strength.</p><p>Our club received the Presidential Citation for the 2012-2013 Rotary year at Round Table on Saturday!</p><p>Member Birthdays</p><p>Castleberry, Durane Jun 12 Rotary gets ready to explore Lisbon</p><p>Rotarians from around the world gather each year to exchange great ideas, connect with old and new friends, have fun, and advance the work of Rotary. The 2013 RI Convention will take place in Lisbon, Portugal, 23-26 June.</p><p>From the bustling House of Friendship to breakout sessions to preconvention meetings, the RI Convention is your way to connect with the family of Rotary. </p><p>Stopping polio transmission by end of 2014 realistic, says Independent Monitoring Board</p><p>The Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) reports that “stopping polio transmission by the end of 2014 is a realistic prospect.” The IMB, which met 7-9 May, independently verifies progress toward the achievement of a polio-free world.</p><p>In its report, the IMB commended the Global Polio Eradication Initiative for changes that have helped reduce polio to the lowest levels ever.</p><p>“All of those who work towards polio eradication should be proud of what they have achieved over the last two years,” the report stated. “The prospects of achieving interruption of polio transmission globally have been transformed by their work.”</p><p>The IMB also underscored that further steps need to be taken.</p><p>“Whilst the poliovirus has been knocked down, it is certainly not knocked out,” the report stated.</p><p>The IMB highlighted three specific areas the GPEI needs to address, and made recommendations to the remaining endemic countries – Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Nigeria – as well as for responding to the outbreak in the Horn of Africa.</p><p>On financing, the IMB commended the US$4 billion in pledges made at the Global Vaccine Summit in April. To fully fund the $5.5 billion Polio Eradication and Endgame Strategic Plan 2013-18, however, the IMB cautioned that “the remaining $1.5 billion for the life of the new [plan] needs to be found, and that pledged funds must quickly reach the frontline.”</p><p>In response to the report, Rotary International and the other GPEI global partners – the World Health Organization, UNICEF, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation – are exploring integration of the recommendations into the polio eradication effort.</p><p> Become an advocate by contacting elected officials, business leaders, friends, and the press to encourage </p><p> support for eradicating polio.</p><p> See the February edition of Global Outlook: A Rotarian’s Guide to Advocacy for Polio Eradication  Be part of the World’s Biggest Commercial</p>