JUNE 30TH DEADLINE APPROACHING - With just 8 days left in the Rotary year, and we strive to meet our $50 Million goal to take advantage of the Gates Foundation 2 for 1 match, we are still lagging behind last year’s figures.
This is it folks...it’s our last chance take advantage of all the matches. Time is running out!
This is it folks...it’s our last chance take advantage of all the matches. Time is running out!
The easiest way to donate is to go to https://my.rotary.org/en/donate and click on “Polio Fund’ Of course, all donations will continue to be matched 2 to 1 by the Gates Foundation, as well as receiving Paul Harris Credit.
When we talk about PolioPlus, we know we are eradicating polio, but do we realize how many added benefits the program brings? The “plus” is something else that is provided as a part of the polio eradication campaign. It might be a hand-operated tricycle or access to water. It might be additional medical treatment, bed nets, or soap. For example, a 2010 study estimates that vitamin A drops given to children simultaneously as the polio vaccine has prevented 1.25 million deaths by decreasing susceptibility to infectious diseases.
Please consider joining the PolioPlus Society by pledging to donate $100 a year to Polio Plus until the World Health Organization certifies polio has been entirely eradicated. So far this year, there have been only 2 cases, one in Afghanistan and the other in Pakistan. To pledge, email your name and club name to Jim Bell at lilgrocer@yahoo.com.
A Big Thank You to those who have already made the Pledge.