As PolioPlus Chair for District 7255 I hope to send out to the club presidents updates throughout the year on the progress Rotary is making (along with its partners) in the efforts to eradicate polio.

 I recommend reading the articles at the following link, which you may share with your club: http://us2.campaign-archive1.com/?u=1519be1cd815ed6195660c2c8&id=51a971a8b2&e=90d97c0df2 . It's the August 2013 edition of Polio News.

 Please remember the latest Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Challenge Grant. For this year and the next two years, the Gates Foundation will be matching your donations to PolioPlus at the Rotary Foundation on a 2 for 1 basis, up to $35,000,000 in Rotary contributions. That means, for every dollar we Rotarians raise and donate, Gates will add $2 more to the effort! 

Dave

David M. Ardam, Past District Governor (2007-2008)
Rotary International District 7255
District PolioPlus Chair
District Co-Chair, Rotary Leadership Institute
Member, Rotary Club of Commack-Kings Park, New York
Club Rotary Foundation Chair