Chuck explained to us that TRF is the non-profit arm of Rotary International
and fundraises and supports efforts of RI around the world (Polio eradication,
healthcare, education, ending poverty, etc.). Charity Navigator has rated The
Rotary Foundation with 4 stars for 13 consecutive years!
Rotarians can designate where they would like their donation to go (see
attached graphic “Your Check to rotary—Who Do I Write it to and Where Does
it Go” attached to this newsletter). Half of the donations to the Annual Fund Share come back to our club in
three years in the form of grants. The other half goes to urgent projects around the world. Our goal is for everyone
in the club to donate $100 a year to the Annual Fund Share and $50 a year to Polio Eradication.
In 1988, Rotary launched the Polio Eradication project. At that time, there were 1,000 cases of polio per day,
350,000 each year in over 25 countries where polio was endemic. Over 20 million people are not paralyzed today
due to the efforts of Rotary. That is equal to the total population of New York State!
Attached to this newsletter is a TRF Information sheet and Rotary Direct form that you can complete to make
monthly, quarterly or annual donations to The Rotary Foundation.
There will be a “post-Rotary-meeting” follow-up to our TRF panel discussion on October 28th, a Q&A session
for interested members,
to answer (as best we
can) member questions
about the Annual Fund,
Polio Eradication, TRF
Endowment, and the
seven areas of focus.
This will be immediately
after the meeting on Friday,
November 11th, at
1:30PM. Stay as long as
you’d like, and no commitment
for any further
actions… the intent is to
answer member questions
about The Rotary
Foundation, again, as
best we can.