Mountain View Rotary
April 9, 2024
Cathy provided a Thought For The Day from Margaret Mead, "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed individuals can change the world. In fact, it is the only thing that ever has.”
Information From District Training Conference 2024
DR. RICHARD S. GODFREY: Recipient of ROTARY INTERNATIONAL’s 3rd SERVICE ABOVE SELF AWARD
A retired surgical oncologist, aspiring apiarist, and published novelist, Richard Godfrey is a member of the Rotary Club of Niles (Fremont), California.
DR. RICHARD SHARED HIS EXPERIENCE WORKING IN KENYA, BOLIVA AND GUATAMALA –IN EFFORT TO ELIMINATE CERVICAL CANCER, A READILY TREATABLE CONDITION IF CAUGHT IN TIME.
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Bolivia has the highest rate of cervical cancer in South America, recording 1,985 new cases and 1,054 deaths in 2020. In the city of Santa Cruz alone, 90 women come to a hospital annually only to die of this preventable disease because of late diagnosis. Worldwide, 341,000 people die from cervical cancer each year, one every minute and a half. More often than not, they will be from a lower income country. Many will have left behind children and spouses who depended on them even as the cancer spread. Equally significant is the degree of suffering any terminally ill woman with the disease will experience as the condition advances toward its inevitable conclusion.
That's why DR. GODFREY AND HIS TEAM, are dedicated to bringing the newest screening and treatment technologies to Bolivia, where doctors and nurses quickly learn how to employ them. Combining those human skills and medical innovations, we can screen upward of 600 patients in a day and treat early cancer in 40 seconds. Our goal is to test 7,500 patients, a project that may take three years to complete. But as the adage sometimes linked to U.S. President John F. Kennedy insists, "Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try."
At the Rotary International Convention in Melbourne, Australia, the “UNITED TO END CERVICAL CANCER IN EGYPT’’ project was recipient of TRF’s 3rd annual Program of Scale Award which comes with a $2 million grant.
News Flash From Scott
Our Club Speech Contest winner just won the District’s Regional Speech Contest at today’s Gilroy Club Meeting. She received a nice certificate and $700. She now goes on to compete at the final District level on April 28th, for a $3,000 prize if she wins. She did great today, taking on the daring topic of immigration with a bold presentation and incredible style. She could not have done better!
Mountain View Public Safety Foundation
Bruce spoke about MVPSF and the need for volunteers for an upcoming event on Friday May 3rd. A signup sheet was passed around at today’s meeting and it will also be available at next week’s meeting. If anyone would like to volunteer online, the link is: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0B4BAFAA28A2F8CE9-48866667-mvpalyouth. More information about this event and other MVPSF programs is available on the website at www.mvpsf.org.
