EVANSTON, Ill., U.S.A. (Nov. 26, 2007) -- Rotary International today announced a partnership with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation that will inject a much-needed US$200 million into the global campaign to eradicate polio, a crippling and sometimes fatal disease that still paralyzes children in parts of Africa, Asia, and the Middle East and threatens children everywhere. The Rotary Foundation has received a $100-million Gates Foundation grant, which Rotary will raise funds to match, dollar-for-dollar, over three years. The Evanston-based volunteer service organization will spend the initial $100 million within one year in direct support of immunization activities carried out by the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI), a partnership spearheaded by the World Health Organization (WHO), Rotary International, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and UNICEF.

Read more about the "Gates Foundation Challege Grant," by visiting the Rotary International link from our club home page.

...Creating Rotary awareness and more!

Thanks to those who participated; Deb Klinedinst, Deb Rinehart, Brad Rinehart, Allie Waldron, Hoover Yount, Mary Anne Winkelman, Steve Onifer, and Vince Luchsinger.
Our participation at this annual event helped create awareness in the community about our club and Rotary International.  Additionally, we were able to promote our upcoming "Rose Sale" to support Reading is Fundamental and raise funds towards our water projects by selling "Rotary Water!"