Dear District 5520 Rotarians:
 
We have heard it many times: “We’re this close.”  It’s true.  We are, but we aren’t quite there yet.  The polio eradication effort still has work to be done, especially in Pakistan and Afghanistan.  There are two things each of us can do to help.
  1. Join Rotary International on 23 October for our third annual World Polio Day event. We’ll be streaming live from New York City, so tune in at 6:30 p.m. Eastern Time to watch a global status update on the fight to end polio and take part in the conversation. Guests will include Global Polio Eradication Initiative partners, celebrity ambassadors, polio survivors, and others.  Link in at http://livestream.com/rotaryinternational/worldpolioday.
  2. Contribute money to support the final push.  Inoculations cost as little as 60 cents per child.  If every Rotarian in District 5520 contributed only $25 to Polio Plus before the end of the year, we could raise $63,750 for polio eradication.  That’s over 100,000 children we could protect!
 
But it’s even better.  A donor in our District has agreed to match the first $13,000 donated this year to Polio Plus.  So, our gifts will be leveraged beyond the $2 for $1 match by the Gates Foundation
 
 
Please join us in supporting District 5520’s ongoing effort to help eradicate polio.
 
Sincerely,
 
Tom Walker                                                    Yale Jones
District 5520 Governor 2015-2016                District 5520 Polio Plus Chair
 

 
 
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