The Rotary Foundation books have tentatively closed for the 2017-2018 year. There will be some adjustments, but it is totally safe to report at this point that District 5450's members donated $882,000+ in total giving during Rotary Year 2017-18. More refined figures will be released soon, but, this is a BANNER year for District 5450. Once the results have been stamped as FINAL, more information will be provided.Annual Funds raised in 2017-18 ($575,000+) will provide increased dollars for our district grants during the 2020-2021 Rotary Year (funds are invested by The Rotary Foundation for 3 years, earnings are used to manage TRF, and then our dollars come back after 3 years).
Our PolioPlus efforts raised $259,000+ in 2017-18. With the 2:1 matching dollars provided by Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, our polio fundraising efforts have turned into approximately $777,000 toward the eradication of polio. An early special acknowledgement goes to Denver Club 31 for establishing the special tribute to Grant Wilkins!
Thank you to everyone who supported the Annual Fund and PolioPlus campaigns this year! Let’s keep up this great effort and get a strong start to our 2018-19 fundraising efforts for these important aspects of Rotary!