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District Foundation Poli Plus Committee Chairman:
Tom Standring - Danvers
(h) 978-807-7334 (w) 978-356-4441 (f) 978-356-7931
keith@partnerwithchoice.com
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Special Letter from R.I President Wilf Wilkinson and TRF Chair Robert Scott
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Dear Fellow Rotarians,
This is a historic day for Rotary. It is our great pleasure to inform you of a newpartnership between Rotary International and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation that will provide a much needed US$200 million in support of our top goal of a polio-free world.
The Gates Foundation has awarded The Rotary Foundation a challenge grant of $100 million, which Rotary will match, dollar for dollar, over three years. This is the largest single grant ever given to a volunteer service organization and represents a tremendous validation of the approach and success of our PolioPlus program.
This partnership comes at a critical juncture for the polio eradication initiative, which needs an infusion of funds to reach the eradication goal. For this reason, the initial $100 million will be distributed by The Rotary Foundation through grants to the World Health Organization and UNICEF in direct support of polio immunization activities in 2008.
Your participation in this effort is crucial to making it a success. The Rotary International Board of Directors and the Trustees of The Rotary Foundation have unanimously agreed to accept this challenge grant to ensure the success of the PolioPlus program. We feel confident that this extraordinary commitment from the Gates Foundation and Rotary will serve as a catalyst for further donations from others to help us realize the dream of a polio-free world.
In 1985, we promised every child a world free from the threat of polio, and we are almost there. This funding agreement between Rotary and the Gates Foundation is a huge step forward, bringing us even closer to our goal. Success is our only option.
Wilfrid J. Wilkinson Robert S. Scott
Rotary International, President 2007-08 The Rotary Foundation, Chairman 2007-08
For more information visit: http://www.rotary.org/en/MediaAndNews/PressCenter/PressReleases/Pages/071120_pr_gates.aspx
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Join us as we immunize the children of Bihar.

Persevering against polio
Give a Special Gift this Christmas
Help create a Polio Free India
Join us as we immunize the children of Bihar.
PDG Dave Groner of Dowagiac, MI
and
PP Ann Lee Hussey, Chairperson
Polio Survivors & Associates Rotarian Action Group
will lead a team of Rotary volunteers to participate in a SNID
(Sub-NID) in the polio endemic state of Bihar, India
from December 3 – December 17.
Total Trip cost is $4556. $200 non-refundable deposit required.
If you sign up immediately there is a $300 savings on airfare on a space available basis.
For registration info and itinerary details contact Ann Lee Hussey at
Annlee001@yahoo.com
Polio
Did you know that more than 10 million children will be paralyzed in the next 40 years if the world fails to eradicate polio? Embark on a virtual tour of “Whatever Happened to Polio?” an exhibit of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History that chronicles the history of the disease and efforts to eradicate it. The exhibit is now on permanent display at the Roosevelt Warm Springs Institute for Rehabilitation.
Click here to start your tour
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