End Polio Now
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 Fall of 2024, 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.
Now through Dec 31st, join in the fight to end polio by making your donation today. Since 1985, on October 24 Rotary International celebrates our support with Rotary World Polio Day.
District 6270 has a goal to raise $39,000
Our goal is to commemorate World Polio Day and Rotary's efforts for the past 39 years.
D6270's Rotarians & Rotaracts have more than doubled the goal!
Join your fellow Rotary Members and donate through your Club, by check (scroll down for details), online by clicking the following link, or by scanning the QR Code.
Donate Today! 
Your donation will help us save lives and give a child a chance at a prosperous future.
PolioPlus Giving for District 6270 is at $82,085.05 as of 12/29/2024
Club Treasurers: Remember to report your fundraisers and results to the district with an email to polioplus@rotary6270.org
We have come around the final turn and are now in the homestretch. Our Fundraising Challenge has had some great results, thanks to planned events by clubs, last minute matching fundraising, and some really great individual contributions. Thanks to all for making this first half of the year a success.
The total raised and reported as of Sunday afternoon, December 29th, for PolioPlus by District 6270 members and clubs is $82,085.05. That is incredible, considering many clubs do their fundraising events in the Spring and the fact that:
There are still 14 clubs with NO contributions to Rotary's Main Global Service Program.
If you have members that still want to participate this month, and have the capability to do so, I suggest that they use Rotary Direct to set up a donation, either one-time or recurring. This must happen either Monday or Tuesday to make the Challenge.
Or they can go to www.rotary.org and use the DONATE button and a credit card to make a contribution that will be instantly recognized.
Or, they can go to the District 6270 website and contribute through the fundraising box that is pretty hard to miss. All methods should insure that donations are recorded before year-end, IF THEY ARE DONE IN THE NEXT TWO DAYS.
Here are the top fundraising clubs. The list includes all clubs that have reported at least $1600 total, or a per member total of $50.00, based on current club rosters as of December 29th.
As I mentioned last week, there were some clubs and individuals that made donations that had not been recorded. I suspect that this time of year that happens a lot, and that the nice folks in Evanston (or working from home) have been burning the midnight oil, as there have been updates regularly over the past two days, so I am sending out the latest numbers.
THERE WILL BE A BIT OF A LAG BEFORE THE NEXT, AND FINAL REPORT, AS THE NORMAL PROCESS INVOLVES MONTH-END NUMBERS AFTER ALL THE INPUT IS MADE. We expect to have an announcement around the 14th or 15th of January, so please be patient.
TOTAL $$ Giving to PolioPlus – July 1, 2024 through December 29, 2024
(at least $1,600 reported in total club giving)
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Name
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PolioPlus
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Prior YTD Amount
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Prior Year-End Amount
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YTD
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Elkhorn
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$20,550.00
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$0.00
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$3,002.32
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Ripon
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$15,283.50
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$15,435.00
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$17,053.53
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Mitchell Field
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$5,636.00
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$4,470.00
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$4,630.00
|
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Oconomowoc
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$4,753.50
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$4,300.00
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$4,300.00
|
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Elmbrook
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$3,850.76
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$6,640.00
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$8,172.33
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Geneva Lake West
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$2,715.00
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$2,200.00
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$2,800.00
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Sheboygan Early Birds
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$2,693.00
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$1,223.00
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$1,223.00
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Oshkosh Southwest
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$2,658.00
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$10.00
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$312.66
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Neenah
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$2,573.85
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$2,582.45
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$5,157.45
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Mequon-Thiensville Sunrise
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$1,945.58
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$961.20
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$6,183.53
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Fond du Lac-Morning
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$1,709.00
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$825.00
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$1,411.88
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West Bend Sunrise
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$1,615.00
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$2,050.00
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$2,122.33
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Whitnall Park
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$1,600.00
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$1,847.44
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$2,553.18
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Total Per Capita $$ Giving to PolioPlus – July 1, 2024 through December 29, 2024
(at least $50 per member giving reported)
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Name
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PolioPlus per capita YTD
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PolioPlus per capita LYTD
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PolioPlus per capita LY - Year End
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Elkhorn
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$395.19
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$0.00
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$57.74
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|
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Ripon
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$355.43
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$358.95
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$396.59
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|
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Mitchell Field
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$313.11
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$248.33
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$257.22
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|
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Sheboygan Early Birds
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$86.87
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$39.45
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$39.45
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|
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Whitnall Park
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$84.21
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$97.23
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$134.38
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Milwaukee Amigos After Hours
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$71.55
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$38.33
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$110.00
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Oconomowoc
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$69.90
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$63.24
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$63.24
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Milwaukee North Sunrise
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$58.33
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$9.17
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$16.25
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Neenah
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$55.95
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$56.14
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$112.12
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|
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Geneva Lake West
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$51.23
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$41.51
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$52.83
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Elmbrook
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$50.01
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$86.23
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$106.13
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I thank each of you for the work that you have been doing to make this fundraising Challenge a Success. I hope it has been fun and gotten some attention to the PolioPlus program in your club. As always, I am available if you would like a program on PolioPlus for your club. (We also have a TRF/PP program that is being rolled out throughout the district, explaining how The Rotary Foundation is used to make the work of Rotarians successful. Contact me for further information)
Finally, I wish each of you a Happy New Year. May you be safe and healthy as we wrap up 2024.
Rob Bassett
D6270 Chair - PolioPlus
414-350-6090
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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 once
Events held on Rotary World Polio Day
To name a few from our District, on Oct 24, 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!
39th Annual Rotary World Polio Day, Thursday, October 24, 2024
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 and commemorate the past 39 years, Rotary District 6270 (SE Wisconsin), with the support of our club members, has a goal to raise $39,000 toward the End Polio Now campaign.
Please join us now through 12/31/2024 with either an End Polio Now donation online or by check. If by check,
Make checks payable to:
Rotary District 6270
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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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.
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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.
FLIGHT TO END POLIO - One Engine, Two Pilots, and a 2:1 Donation Match 
Peter Teahen (Cedar Rapids West Rotary Club) and John Ockenfels (Iowa City, Iowa A.M. Rotary Club) are raising awareness for polio eradication by piloting a single-engine aircraft all the way around the globe! Both Peter and John are pilots, Rotarians, and members of the International Fellowship of Flying Rotarians (IFFR).
Thanks to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, your donation will be matched 2:1, getting us even closer to a polio-free world.
Click below to learn more about their work, sign up for their newsletter, and to donate.
Around the World: Flight to End Polio
