The Fort Erie club had a busy October. The early part of the month was used to welcome over 100 cyclists from the USA clubs to help celebrate the CanAm Freedom Ride 2025. Cyclists re-energized with drinks and snacks and then listened to 4 speakers talk about the history of the freedom of slavery and the need for continued friendships among both nations.The 2nd half of October was used to educate and promote Disease Eradication, particularly Polio.
The authorities of the Peace Bridge connecting Fort Erie to Buffalo were once again reminded to light the bridge purple on Oct. 24th. And on Oct. 25th, our club had its 5th annual RotZi event, where about a dozen drama students, made-up as Zombies, put on little themed acts. Our canopy area gave out candy for the Halloween season as well as hand out over 250 RotZi Graphic comic books. (RotZi is short for Rotary Polio Zombi Invasion). This 4th anniversary issue allowed us to generate over $2000 in fundraising by featuring 32 ads. In addition, the graphic book featured a full-page text document on Polio and Art Students comic strips. We involve the students to hopefully educate them on Rotary and remind them that vaccines prevent diseases. The text document on Polio hopefully reinforces parents' knowledge on the need for vaccines. We want Fort Erie to avoid' being one of the areas that are seeing measles re-emerge because of the belief that vaccines do not work.