In a few hours, my wife will drive me to the airport in Portland, Maine, where I will meet another member of my team, Vanessa Attfield. We will fly from Portland to Newark, arriving about 12:30 this afternoon.
At that time, we will begin to meet other members of our ROTARY DREAM TEAM - INDIA 2010, who will be arriving from Toronto, Anchorage, Pittsburgh, Washington, DC, Iowa and New York.
As has become tradition in the past few years, we will all gather at Gallagher's Steakhouse at the International Terminal C at Newark Liberty Airport. We generally take over the "back room" and enjoy getting acquainted and having some good food, while preparing for our long flight to Delhi. We depart from Newark at about 8:45 tonight and arrive FRIDAY NIGHT in Delhi at about 10:00 p.m.
Once through customs and immigration, and baggage claim, we will be met by representatives of Hi-Points Expeditions and driven to our hotel. We will have a light supper and then go to our rooms for some well-deserved sleep. The following morning, Saturday, February 6th, we will depart from the hotel to participate in several rallies throughout Haryana, in order to raise awareness regarding the following day - NATIONAL IMMUNIZATION DAY (NID) against polio. It is so very important that we continue in this quest to totally eradicate polio from the face of the earth. In the particular areas where we will administer the polio vaccine drops on Sunday, there have been two new cases of polio diagnosed and confirmed in the past few weeks so we must truly redouble our efforts to make sure that all children, under the age of five years, are immunized.
With the cooperation of the imams and mullahs of the Muslim communities, we will be able to make sure their children are immunized. Together, we will END POLIO NOW!
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