POLIO GONZO CAMPAIGN SUCCESS!

Posted by Tony Zeglen 
on Feb 04, 2014
 
From Rotary District 5370 Governor Betty Screpnik:
 
District 5370 Rotarians and Clubs ROCK!!  On October 5, 2013 at the District Conference, I challenged our Clubs to take Polio Gonzo’s siblings to your communities and ask your communities to help us eradicate polio in the world once and for all.
 
Let me share District 5370 donation statistics in this campaign: 

October, 2013:  $19,452.23 (9 clubs contributed after Polio Gonzo asked for help at the District  Conference October 5)
           
November, 2013:  75,843.38 (37 clubs contributed – challenge with another match through the Polio Gonzo Anonymous Fund)
           
December, 2013:  122,335.80 (47 clubs contributed to meet the matching deadline of December 15 of Anonymous Polio Gonzo Fund)                                                                             
 
                                                Clubs                        AB Government                     Gates Foundation
 
Total                                    217,631.41                   217,631.41                           870,525.64 
Deduct excess                                                            42,631.41                            85,262.82
from AB Gov match
Actual net totals                   217,631.41                    175,000.00                           785,262.82
 
 
Actual net total from Polio Gonzo Campaign      $1,177,894.23 
 
District Year to Date total July 1-December 31, 2013                                 $1,280,384.88                                                                       
(The year is not over, we have another five months to match with the Gates Foundation)
 
This translates into 2,133,973 children receiving polio vaccine.  Imagine All the People who will never experience this preventative crippling disease because they got the vaccine!  I would say in three months District 5370 Rotarians demonstrated 
                         
ENGAGE ROTARY CHANGE LIVES
 
NOTE:  Thank you to DGN Tim Schilds for reviewing these numbers and his support to the Polio Gonzo Campaign.