The SuperClub of 7090, Rotary Club of Fort Erie, had a crazy busy day in October.We had 2 events occurring the same day: our 4th annual RotZi event (Rotary Polio Zombie Invasion) and the "Freedom Park CanAm Bike Ride to Freedom" put on by the USA clubs of Rotary Tonawanda and Rotary Buffalo.
We really are Super, especially our President Elect Super Kathy Klune, who helped ~71 bike riders be rehydrated with water and fruit (for vitamin C and fibre.) Imagine preparing all these packages the night before!!!
The clubs from the USA rode their bikes across the Peace Bridge and Super Kathy and a few of our club members welcomed them to our Freedom Park memorializing slavery's ultimate abolition.
Then Super Kathy rushed back home to get lunch ready for our Club President Dave who is recovering from knee surgery. She then rushed off to our main event which involves Youth Services (giving about 15 students volunteer hours), International Services (giving out a Graphic Comic book describing many facets of Polio), Community Services (letting families enjoy the Zombie Photobooth and Zombie Infested Candy Machine while handing out candy), and Club services (allowing any and all members to volunteer and to hand out brochures for getting new members.)
PHOTO: Kathy Klune swarmed by Zombies
- Vincent Quon
The event is so popular that 7090's MPP Wayne Gates had their booth next to ours, handing out candy.His team even had their ad in our Graphic book.
Our local MP Toni Bandinelli was also there, with his ad in our book as well.
The Graphic comic book (strips drawn by High School Students) helped over 22 vendors/organizations get their name out to over 175 families, and hopefully helped the community economically.
Our efforts raised over a thousand dollars. 7090 will be happy to see close to $1000 headed to the Polio fund. And the best part: we had fun and survived the invasion.
PHOTO: Fort Erie's Zombie Infested Candy Machine