District Polio Giving has been generous this past month. As of October 26th, six additional clubs have given, helping raise our District total to $27,775. Two clubs, Arvada and Aurora, have surpassed our District Committee Aspirational Goal of $50 per club member. Congratulations!!! Six additional clubs are more than halfway there.
October has seen many clubs celebrate World Polio Day in a variety of clever and traditional ways. There have been meetings focusing on books: one a discussion of David Oshinsky's "Polio: An American Story;" the other featuring recently published "Two Drops That Changed the World” written by Grant Wilkins (our PDG and past Rotary International Director). Special speakers have been lined up to tell Rotarians about everything from Rotary's history with Polio eradication, to current immunization improvements, to the current status of eradication efforts and next steps.
Clubs have posted pictures of their events on club websites, our District Polio Facebook page and reported their efforts to RI. Several Clubs found it easy to report their successes to World's Greatest Meal: Grand Lake reports sending in $500 collected at a special meeting and adding $500 of Club funds; and, South Jeffco celebrated the 90th birthday of long time member, Neal Creswell, in Morrison. Funds are still coming in.
World Polio Day events were recorded and can be found by looking up www.endpolio.org. The program was shorter this year and well worth the time. The movie "Breathe" was introduced. Several Rotarians in our District have seen the released film and found the movie very inspirational. It is our understanding that this film will be taken by RI, et al to the Sundance Film Festival. Hope you had a chance to see it!