Together, We End Polio. Joe's Ride. Polio Update Goal

Oct 21, 2024 12:30 PM
Joe Scheimer
Together, We End Polio. Joe's Ride. Polio Update Goal
Joe Scheimer, District 5180 Rotary Foundation Chair

Hosted by club member, Mona Newell
This is a Hybrid Meeting. Both In-Person and Zoom.  Our guest speaker will be attending LIVE.

Zoom Link Information:

For Zoom Guests:  Please contact the Club IT committee to receive your invitation that includes the access code to our Monday Zoom meeting.

Topic:  

Rotary, Polio Plus, D5180 Fundraiser Goal $75,000, and the Ride to End Polio 2024
Polio Day - October 24, 2024

About the Speaker:

Joe served for 24 years in the United States Air Force and retired as a Colonel. He has 1,005 combat hours directing air strikes in the Vietnam War and was a member of the Ravens, a select group of pilots who flew in the CIA’s Secret War in Laos. After the Air Force, he worked as an Investment Advisor for 20 years with LPL Financial, and flew the Intel Shuttle as a corporate pilot for several years.  He joined Rotary in 1996 and was president of the Rotary Club of Rancho Cordova in 2012-13. He is now a member of the Rotary Club of Fair Oaks. Joe led a Group Study Exchange Team to Colombia in 2010. He participated in 2 wheelchair distributions to Peru, and led one to Costa Rica. He was the District Rotary Foundation Chair for 4 years, and is now the Grants Subcommittee Chair.

Joe is married to Marie, a retired public elementary school teacher.  They have two successful daughters, and two beautiful granddaughters, and finally a 6-month old grandson.. He enjoys fishing, cycling, reading history and autobiographies, Corvettes and traveling.

Information from the Rotary Club of Fair Oaks:

Joe is a member of Rotary Club of Fair Oaks and our District 5180 Rotary Foundation Chair.  If you recall, in November 2022, Joe participated in the Ride to End Polio bike ride on November 19, 2022 in Tucson Arizona.  Over 7,000 fellow cyclists were riding for various charities.

Despite coming down with Covid shortly before the ride on November 9, Joe recovered enough to finish the Ride to End Polio at the 39th El Tour De Tucson.  He was accompanied by two other District 5180 Rotarians, Steve Brozosky and John Meisner

Proudly, Joe completed the Half Century Metric (32 miles) and raised $42,389.  WOWOWOWOW.