Dear fellow Rotarians,
The Rotary Foundation and our partners in the battle to eradicate polio and are
making remarkable progress. The struggle is taking longer than we hoped but each
day we get closer to keeping Rotary's promise to the children of the world. The
latest
data on the eradication of polio are very encouraging. The number of cases
compared to this time last year is lower in the remaining four endemic
countries, particularly Nigeria.
Your help is still required. Our goal is to have every Rotary club, Interact
club, Rotaract club and District in Zone 22 make a contribution to the PolioPlus
Partners fund. This may be donating one week or month's club fine dollars or
holding a special club PolioPlus Partners fund raising event.
Individual Rotarians are encouraged to make a contribution. All funds donated
receive Paul Harris Fellow recognition points. In addition, The Rotary
Foundation is matching every $1 donated with $.50. This includes clubs,
districts and individual Rotarians.
Many Rotary clubs recognize the weekly speaker with a donation to PolioPlus
partners. If your club is making a club member or community member a Paul Harris
Fellow why not make the donation to PolioPlus Partners?
Many districts have already contributed 10% of their Rotary Foundation District
Designated Funds (DDF) to the PolioPlus Partners fund. We hope the remaining
districts will make the same commitment.
Clubs and districts may select a project from the
Open Projects List (OPL). The list contains eight (8) polio eradication
projects in need of a total of $2,298,955. Two new projects have been submitted
by the National PolioPlus Committees in Ethiopia and Democratic Republic of
Congo.
To help achieve this goal, there is a PowerPoint presentation and speaking notes
which can be used by all Rotarians.
Copies of this PowerPoint presentation and speaking notes are available upon
request by e-mailing polioplus@rotary.org.
The presentation is available in English and French.
The following polio tools and resources are also available in English and French
to use for PolioPlus programs in clubs, districts and Interact and Rotaract
clubs:
For Rotarians in Zone 22 (West) a Regional Rotary Foundation Seminar will be
held in Metro Vancouver on January 19, 2008. The agenda includes an update on
PolioPlus. Details of this seminar are available at
www.RotaryEvents.ca.
The Zone 22 team is available to assist clubs and districts with PolioPlus
presentations, fund raising initiatives or to answer your questions on PolioPlus
Partners. The team members are:
Zone 22 (West) Districts 5010, 5020, 5040, 5050, 5060, 5080, 5360, 5370,
5550, 5580
Zone 22 (East) Districts 6290, 6330, 6380, 6400, 7010, 7040, 7070, 7090, 7790,
7810, 7820, 7850.
Have no doubt we will eradicate polio.
Sincerely,
Chris Offer, PDG
Zone 22 - PolioPlus Partners Coordinator
Phone: 604-940-9365 or Cell 604-897-8758
Email: offer@telus.net
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