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Did You Know ...
Tuesday was World Polio Day!

Rotary set out on its journey to End Polio in 1985 ... and the Rotary Club of Dunwoody jumped in and hasn't stopped since.

Here's part of the story from our 1988-89 club bulletins ... July 20, 1988 … Polio Plus update from RI Convention … $219 million raised. International campaign chair Leslie S. Wright said, “I cannot think of a greater gift than the gift of life .. and that is what we are offering to the children of the world as a result of Polio Plus.”  Sept. 23 … From the first polio immunization project in 1979 to Polio Plus, Rotary commitments will immunize more than 250 million children against polio (this year)– in a program that will reach a billion children before the year 2005.” And March 24, 1988 … In less than two years our club has paid in full its Polio Plus Goal of $25,000. Our assigned target was $9,408. We set a goal at 266% of the target. This goal was the third highest in District 690 on a per capita basis.”

Today, as Dunwoody Rotarians, we have contributed about $200,000 to Polio Plus. Four club members have participated in immunization days in India - Bob and Charlene Hall, Laura Kann and Roy Wise who is pictured here. And more than 20 of us have become End Polio Society members with a contribution of at least $100 each.

Let's keep up the good work to help "make polio history."  See our Foundation Chair, Jennie Stipick, for more about how you can get involved.

Posted by Jackie Cuthbert
October 25, 2023

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