Feb. 23 marked the 106th anniversary of Rotary International.With more than 1.2 million members in 33,000 clubs worldwide, Rotary Club members are volunteers who work locally, regionally, and internationally to combat hunger, improve health and sanitation, provide education and job training, promote peace, and eradicate polio under the motto Service Above Self.For the past 26 years Rotary and its partners have focused their energies and dollars to end the proliferation of polio around the world through its Polio Plus campaign. They are on the brink of eradicating this tenacious disease, but a strong push is needed now to root it out once and for all.Polio Plus contributions will help Rotary raise $200 million to match $355 million in challenge grants received from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The resulting $555 million will directly support immunization campaigns in developing countries, where polio continues to infect and paralyze children, robbing them of their futures and compounding the hardships faced by their families.If you are interested in supporting Rotary International’s Polio Plus Campaign, go to www.rotary.org/en/Contribute/Funds/PolioPlusFund.— Rotary International
Rotarians celebrate anniversary, keep fighting polio
Feb. 23 marked the 106th anniversary of Rotary International.
With more than 1.2 million members in 33,000 clubs worldwide, Rotary Club members are volunteers who work locally, regionally, and internationally to combat hunger, improve health and sanitation, provide education and job training, promote peace, and eradicate polio under the motto Service Above Self.
ROTARY MEMBERS (from left) Lana Eagle, Tim Cowan, Bob Wells and Robert Buckley are joined by Coun. Larry Jangula to celebrate Rotary International's anniversary.
