Bob Rogers - Polio Updates - Zoom- Board Meeting

Bob joined the Rotary Club of Sebastopol, California in 2007 shortly after moving into
town. It wasn’t long thereafter, as a polio survivor, that he joined his District’s PolioPlus
Committee and was soon giving polio talks to clubs throughout the district.
He earned his club’s “Rookie Rotarian of the Year” award his first year and the
“Rotarian of the Year” award a few years later.
Bob served as president of his club, as Assistant Governor, and then as District Governor
in 2017-2018.
While DG, he and 13 other bike riders in the district created a 6-day bike ride called
“Pedal 4 Polio”, riding 350 miles from one end of our district to the other. Clubs along
the way supported the riders with an end-of-the-day party, potluck dinners, and beds.
Needless to say, many friendships were formed that week between the riders and
Rotarians along the route. They raised over $140,000 for PolioPlus, and after the Gates
Foundation 2 for 1 match, that $140,000 grew to $420,000.
Besides numerous Rotary Conventions Bob’s project travels have taken him to Mexico,
Uganda and twice to India, once for a Rotary Friendship Exchange and once for a
National Immunization Day in New Delhi in January 2020, right before the pandemic
hit.

He is currently serving as the “End Polio Now” Coordinator for Zone 27, working with
the 14 Rotary Districts and their clubs in the Northwestern U.S.
Bob was recently awarded Rotary’s 2022-23 International Service Award for a Polio Free
World. He is a member of the Paul Harris Society, The PolioPlus Society, and with his
wife Peggy, are major donors and members of the Bequest Society.
Bob retired as an airline pilot from USAirways in 2002...and now claims his second
career is Rotary.

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