End Polio Now - RI District 6270 Fundraiser
Join your fellow Rotary Members and support RI District 6270's campaign to eradicate polio. Donations are accepted now through December 31st. Donate Today!
As of the Spring of 2026, polio remains endemic only in Afghanistan and Pakistan. But it’s crucial to continue working to keep other countries polio-free. If all eradication efforts stopped today, within 10 years, polio could paralyze as many as 200,000 children each year.
Join the movement - END POLIO NOW Check out our World's Largest Polio Walk page for a list of start locations and details on how you can support this very important mission by getting involved.
The World's Largest Polio Walk is set for all clubs in Zone 29 that want to participate. It is on October 24th, beginning at 10:00 am CDT. Clubs and Members of District 6270 will continue to use the same Raise for Rotary page as we did last year, as it has been reset to $0. If you would like to set up a fundraising page under the District's Umbrella page, go to https://raise.rotary.org/District-6270/challenge331 , and set up your page. I can help, if you need assistance. ~ Rob Bassett
Rob Bassett
Rotary Club of Mitchell Field (Milwaukee)
D6270 Chair - PolioPlus, Annual Giving, Paul Harris Society, Benefactors
414-350-6090 | robofrcmf@aol.com
2024-25 Fundraising Results
Since 1985, on October 24 Rotary International celebrates our support with Rotary World Polio Day.
The final numbers are in for YTD giving to The Rotary Foundation, through June 2026.
The Good News is that we have surpassed our PolioPlus Giving for the year 2024-25, and collected $165,690.74 for the year. Many thanks for all the work that your clubs, members, and community have put in to collect for PolioPlus. We have surpassed the $149,752 of last year by 10.5%, thanks in part to several large QCD donations from member's IRA.
The BAD NEWS, however, is that we were way behind in our giving to the Annual Fund / SHARE, which is the source of funding for things like District and Global Grants, Peace Scholarships, and Vocational Training Teams. Our shortage this year will lead to lessened money available during Kristopher Ulrich's year as District Governor, beginning July 2028. The total raised was $249,515, down considerably from each of the last 3 years.
The totals for the top giving clubs are listed here: The full report file is attached.
TOTAL GIVING - through June 30, 2026 (over $10,000 only)
Club No | Name | Number of Rotarians | -- PolioPlus -- | Prior YTD Amount | YTD % Change |
YTD | |||||
2753 | Oshkosh Southwest, WI, United States | 86 | $27,756.03 | $2,811.50 | 887.2% |
2731 | Elmbrook (Brookfield), WI, United States | 71 | $25,070.50 | $9,978.82 | 151.2% |
2744 | Milwaukee, WI, United States | 356 | $20,018.50 | $17,700.00 | 13.1% |
2730 | Elkhorn, WI, United States | 50 | $16,530.00 | $42,449.63 | -61.1% |
2759 | Ripon, WI, United States | 39 | $16,490.00 | $15,593.50 | 5.7% |
Join us on July 20th when we celebrate the success of the Oshkosh SW Rotary Club:
TOTAL GIVING per capita - through May 31, 2026 (over $100 only)
Name | Number of Rotarians | -- PolioPlus -- | PolioPlus per capita Giving Amount - YTD | Prior YTD Amount | PolioPlus per capita Giving Amount - YTD - Last Year | YTD % Change |
YTD | ||||||
Ripon, WI, United States | 39 | $16,490.00 | $422.82 | $15,593.50 | $399.83 | 5.7% |
Mitchell Field (Milwaukee), WI, United States | 17 | $6,248.50 | $367.56 | $6,990.00 | $411.18 | -10.6% |
Elmbrook (Brookfield), WI, United States | 71 | $25,070.50 | $353.11 | $9,978.82 | $140.55 | 151.2% |
Elkhorn, WI, United States | 50 | $16,530.00 | $330.60 | $42,449.63 | $848.99 | -61.1% |
Oshkosh Southwest, WI, United States | 86 | $27,756.03 | $322.74 | $2,811.50 | $32.69 | 887.2% |
Whitnall Park, WI, United States | 18 | $2,451.75 | $136.21 | $2,345.00 | $130.28 | 4.6% |
Milwaukee Amigos After Hours, WI, United States | 14 | $1,906.00 | $136.14 | $2,158.64 | $154.19 | -11.7% |
Slinger-Allenton, WI, United States | 29 | $3,500.00 | $120.69 | $3,035.00 | $104.66 | 15.3% |
Oconomowoc, WI, United States | 72 | $8,600.00 | $119.44 | $6,753.50 | $93.80 | 27.3% |
Neenah, WI, United States | 46 | $5,073.33 | $110.29 | $4,751.10 | $103.28 | 6.8% |
IN A LIGHTER VEIN, details are finalized for the World's Largest Polio Walk, set for all clubs in Zone 29 that want to participate. It is on October 24th, beginning at 10:00 am CDT. There will be a mailing with all the information later this weekend. We will continue to use the same Raise for Rotary page as we did last year, as it has been reset to $0. If you would like to set up a fundraising page under the District's Umbrella page, go to https://raise.rotary.org/District-6270/challenge331 , and set up your page. I can help, if you need assistance.
Again, many thanks for a successful PolioPlus campaigns!
Rob Bassett
Rotary Club of Mitchell Field (Milwaukee)
D6270 Chair - PolioPlus, Annual Giving, Paul Harris Society, Benefactors
414-350-6090
Why Purple Pinkie?
World Polio Day, which is on October 24th every year, is also sometimes referred to as “Purple Pinkie Day”. This is because during National Immunization Days kids have their pinkies marked with purple ink that lasts for 30 days, to ensure they are not vaccinated more than onceEvents held on Rotary World Polio Day
In addition to our World's Largest Polio Walk, clubs in our district hold other events to support the effort. To name a few, the Rotary Club of Elmbrook held a bike ride, both West Allis and Neenah Clubs held Pints for Polio events, and the Rotary Club of Milwaukee lit up the Hoan Bridge purple to symbolize the efforts of eradicating polio for good!Support Rotary World Polio Day, Saturday, October 24, 2026
Join us now through Dec 31 in the fight to end polio by scrolling down and selecting your donation. In the comments box, enter your Club Name and, if you know it, Membership ID#.
We have come a long way since Rotary made the promise to rid the world of polio back in 1985 but there are still enormous challenges to overcome.
To support the polio eradication efforts Rotary District 6270 (SE Wisconsin), with the support of our club members, has a goal to raise $54,000 toward the End Polio Now campaign.
Please join us with either an End Polio Now donation online https://endpolio-wi.org/
OR by sending in a check made payable to:
Rotary District 6270 Include the Memo: The Rotary Foundation, Polio Plus
Mail your check to:
End Polio Now Campaign
Dean Danner, Treasurer RID 6270
2007 Coldwater Creek Drive, Waukesha, WI 53188
World Polio Day is a chance to celebrate progress towards eradicating polio and to encourage people to take action to end the disease. Rotary districts and clubs around the world hold events and fundraisers to bring about awareness of the need for the continued fight. As we celebrate the successes of polio immunizations, we must also recognize the challenges that lie ahead. The recent global pandemic serves as a stark reminder of the critical importance of vaccines. Viruses do not discriminate; they go where people go. Only through widespread immunization can we hope to shield ourselves from their devastating effects.
Rotary and other partners, welcomed the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in 2007. Since 2013, the Gates Foundation has matched every $1 Rotary commits to polio eradication 2-to-1, currently up to $100 million per year.
Since we started the fight against polio, we’ve reduced the number of polio cases by 99.9 percent and reached nearly three (3) billion children in 122 countries with the vaccine. There are fewer polio cases today than ever before, but we will not stop until we reach zero. If polio is not eradicated, hundreds of thousands of children could be paralyzed. Global healthcare costs would rise dramatically, and many children’s quality of life would be drastically diminished.
For details on Rotary's End Polio Now campaign, visit: https://www.endpolio.org/
Hoan Bridge image credit: Light the Hoan Bridge website
Purple Pinkie Day image credit: Rotary Club of Guernsey
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RI District 6270's PolioPlus Society
is a program to promote individuals giving to PolioPlus. Members of the Society agree to give $100 per year toward polio eradication until polio is wiped out of the world.
Click below for more information and to become a member of the PolioPlus Society.
Rotary has been working to eradicate polio for more than 35 years. Our goal of ridding the world of this disease is closer than ever.
Click below for details.
As a founding partner of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, we've reduced polio cases by 99.9 percent since our first project to vaccinate children in the Philippines in 1979.
Through The Rotary Foundation, Rotary members have contributed more than $2.1 billion and countless volunteer hours to protect nearly 3 billion children in 122 countries from this paralyzing disease. Rotary’s advocacy efforts have played a role in decisions by governments to contribute more than $10 billion to the effort.
