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WHAT IS This close to eradication
ROTARY DIRECT? A MESSAGE FROM THE ROTARY INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT
Every Thursday closer to our goal, and the number
The best way to make donations to The morning, I of cases has dropped further and
Rotary Foundation is through Rotary Direct receive an further, the children those numbers
– Rotary’s recurring giving program. Choose email from the reflect have become less and less
an amount, contribution method, and World Health of an abstraction. When I open that
frequency — monthly, quarterly or annually Organization Thursday email, I don’t wonder what
— that will be convenient for you. You can with an update number I’ll see. I wonder, was a child
enroll in Rotary Direct either through My on the status paralyzed this week or not?
Rotary or by completing a paper enrollment of polio
form. eradication. We are so close to eradication – but
Barry Rassin there is so much work left to do.
Rotary Direct offers many benefits to It contains a wealth of information,
donors, top among them is convenience. By country by country: where and how World Polio Day is a tremendous
automating your giving, you no longer have immunization campaigns are being opportunity for clubs to highlight
to remember to write a check each year conducted, how many millions of Rotary, and our historic work
and you’ll be able to make steady progress children are being vaccinated, and to eradicate polio, in their own
toward your philanthropic goals. Using where environmental surveillance has communities. It is also a great way to
found evidence of circulating virus.
take advantage of the challenge from
Rotary Direct saves TIME – you sign up just the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation:
once to give continuous support. This saves But every week, when that email
your time and also saves time at your Club appears in my inbox, my heart seems For every dollar that Rotary raises
level (your Club treasurer or Club Rotary to stop for just a moment until I read for polio eradication, the Gates
Foundation Chair doesn’t have to process the first few lines – and learn whether a Foundation will give two more.
your check), and saves time at The Rotary child was paralyzed by wild poliovirus
Foundation offices in Evanston because that week. Join me, and Rotarians everywhere,
staff don’t have to handle your check and on 24 October for World Polio Day –
paperwork. This puts your donation to work Thirty years ago, 1,000 children were and Be the Inspiration for a polio-free
more quickly. Giving through Rotary Direct paralyzed by polio every single day. world.
saves MONEY – by reducing administrative Since then, we’ve marked our progress,
costs, more of our donation can go toward year by year, week by week. We’ve For entire letter – click https://
life-changing Rotary projects. Finally, and celebrated as country after country, my.rotary.org/en/news-media/office-
most importantly, giving through Rotary region after region has been declared president/presidential-message
polio-free. As we’ve come closer and
Direct saves LIVES – we use your support
for The Rotary Foundation to do good in the
world! Gifts to the Rotary Foundation
transform lives
Sign up for Rotary Direct by going to www.
rotary.org/give. Choose a frequency – The mission of The Rotary Foundation of Rotary
monthly, quarterly or annually. A minimum International is to enable Rotarians to advance
contribution of $10 per transaction is world understanding, goodwill, and peace
required. You can change or stop your through the improvement of health, the support
of education, and the alleviation of poverty. Your
Rotary Direct contributions by contacting donation makes a difference to those who need
the Rotary Support Center at (866) 976- our help most. More than 90 percent of donations go directly to supporting our
8279. service projects around the world. Over the last 100 years, the Foundation has
spent $3 billion on life-changing, sustainable project.
HOW DOES THE ROTARY FOUNDATION USE DONATIONS?
Our 35,000 clubs carry out sustainable service projects that support our six
causes. With donations like yours, we’ve wiped out 99.9 percent of all polio
cases. Your donation also trains future peacemakers, supports clean water, and
strengthens local economies.
WHAT IMPACT CAN ONE DONATION HAVE?
It can save a life. A child can be protected from polio with as little as 60 cents.
Our partners make your donation go even further. For every $1 Rotary commits
to polio eradication, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has committed
$2. The Rotary Foundation has received the highest rating from the Charity
Navigator for 11 consecutive years and receives top ratings from many other –
so you know your donation is being used wisely and doing great deeds.
With your help, we can make lives better in your community and around the
world. Go to www.rotary.org/give.
