Prior to the meeting and whilst celebrating Rotary Day, Brian Finch gave an introduction to the Poole Bay Rotary Club members.

He said the day was a cause for celebration “with so much that has been achieved by Rotarians since it started so many years ago. Not least, being the ongoing fight to bring about the elimination of polio – now in just two countries – Afghanistan and Pakistan, and now coincidentally helping to provide the expertise necessary to roll out Covid vaccinations in those countries affected, and previously affected, by polio.”

He also made a brief mention of Lent, which will finish at Easter and read this short passage from a book called Live Lent: 

In the northern hemisphere, during Lent we can look forward to lengthening hours of daylight and signs of spring. Some of us are particularly sensitive to these changes, but the responses to light in deciduous trees and in birds is even more dramatic. Just a small difference in the hours of daylight has a huge effect and is enough to trigger reproductive hormones and to begin the breeding cycle.