District 6040 is pleased to kick off the PolioPlus Society in an effort to increase sustainable giving. The PolioPlus Society (PPS) was formed to encourage Rotarians to commit to a minimum of $100 per year to the PolioPlus Fund until polio is eradicated from the face of the earth. Any Rotary member in our District that pledges to give at least $100.00 per year by October 24th, 2023 to Polio Plus, may submit an Application and become a Charter member of the Polio Plus Society. If you have already given $100.00 or more since July 1st of this Rotary year, you can apply for the Membership and be a Charter Member of our Polio Plus Society.
Once I receive your Application, you will receive a new Polio Plus Society Red Pin that has been created along with a Certificate that shows you are a Member in the Polio Plus Society. The Application attached allows you to select your option on how you will be pledging your annual giving of at least $100.00, including an option to pay with a Credit Card. To help us make sure proper credit is given, you will need your Club Number and your Rotary ID number to fill in on the application. The application is attached and you will send to my email, to get you on the Charter Member list.
FOR EVERY $100.00 THAT IS RAISED PRIOR TO OCTOBER 24TH 2023, OUR DISTRICT WILL MATCH THAT WITH AN ADDITIONAL $100.00. ROTARY INTERNATIONAL WILL THEN MATCH WITH AN ADDITIONAL $50.00 BRINGING THAT TOTAL TO $250.00. THE GATES FOUNDATION WILL THEN MATCH AND DOUBLE THAT AMOUNT BRINGING THE GRAND TOTAL FOR EACH $100.00 RAISED TO BE $750.00 FOR POLIO PLUS!
The original concept came in 2012 from Rotarian Harriett Schloer of Bend High Desert Rotary in Oregon, along with then DG Dell Gray of District 5110. Current PolioPLus Chair Nelson Maler reports they currently have nearly 800 Rotarians who have signed up as members of the PolioPlus Society. That means that they can count on those PPS members giving a minimum of $80,000 annually, which becomes their baseline for each and every year thereafter until the virus is gone!
How to donate to PolioPlus thru the PPS:
- Go to my.rotary.org/donate and click on “Polio Fund”.
- We encourage Rotarians to join PolioPlus Direct (the recurring option), signing up for automatic giving with a credit card. $10 (or more) per month will qualify them for the society.
- Of course, they can also donate through their club.
Kent Shelman
PDG/Polio Plus Chair
kentshelman86@gmail.com
kentshelman86@gmail.com