August 20th District Foundation Seminar

Posted by Carol Maurer

on Aug 20, 2011

Rotary Foundation Seminar 2011

Polio Plus Highlights:

In 1988 there were 350,00 new cases of Polio
Last year there was only 1300
So far this year there has been only 309 new cases of Polio worldwide (There were 608 new cases the same time last year).
2 billion children have been immunized
Every single club in our district has given to the program and in fact last year we lead our zone in giving (On average $5,000 per club).
To date, our district has given over $360,000 to the fight against Polio
Gates Challenge:

Rotary has reached 90% of the needed $200 million to receive $355m donation.
Once again our district has lead our zone with over $17,000 on average per club.
In fact we are 8^th out of all the 500 Rotary districts in total giving.