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  1. 1254: Trustee Scott is honored with peace award From: Sunil K Zachariah 
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  1. 1254: Trustee Scott is honored with peace award 
  Posted by: "Sunil K Zachariah" sunilkzach at yahoo.co.uk   sunilkzach 
  Mon Jan 8, 2007 11:59 pm (PST) 
  Trustee Scott is honored with peace award

  Rotary Foundation Trustee Robert S. Scott was presented with the YMCA 
  Peace Medal Award in Cobourg, Ontario, Canada, on 13 December.

  Scott, a retired physician and chair of the International PolioPlus 
  Committee, was recognized by the local YMCA chapter for his 
  outstanding volunteer leadership and dedication to addressing the 
  health issues of the developing world, including polio eradication. 

  "I felt the award was a good thing for Rotary," says Scott. "I was 
  humbled that many of the members of my Rotary club attended. The 
  honor was due to them."

  At the presentation, Jennifer Stadke, board member of the 
  Northumberland YMCA chapter, which includes Cobourg, explained that 
  because of his involvement in local and international humanitarian 
  causes, the honoree "is an example to us all of what one person can 
  do to make change in the world and improve life for those less 
  fortunate whenever there is a need." 

  In his acceptance speech, Scott made a clear link between polio 
  eradication and peace, especially in places afflicted by war. "The 
  PolioPlus program is a program of peace," says Scott, as quoted in 
  the Independent, a local newspaper. "Most people think it is a 
  program to eradicate polio, which of course it will do, but in order 
  to do that we have had to create what we call the days of 
  tranquility - days in which we have the combatants [in conflict 
  zones] stop fighting."

  The medal has been presented since 1988 as part of the annual YMCA 
  World Peace Week, which many chapters across Canada celebrate by 
  exploring peace from a personal, community, and international 
  perspective. Although the 2006 peace week was observed 18-25 
  November, the presentation of the award had to wait because Scott was 
  traveling on polio eradication missions in Pakistan, India, and 
  Indonesia.

  It was a double honor for local Rotarians because the Interact clubs 
  of Cobourg won the junior version of the YMCA peace award.

  Souce: Rotary International Website
  Courtesy: eFlash_Rotary
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