PolioPlus

Have you ever stopped to think about what it would take to meaningfully improve (or even save) the lives of significant numbers of our world’s kids? 

Dana Brewer and Colin McKenney will illustrate how we can each make a surprising amount of impact on those lives, for a very reasonable investment in their future.

Rotary District 5680's PolioPlus Society was established in 2024 by then District Governor Gloria Homeier, with assistance from current District Governor Isaac McNary and Dana Brewer.

Those fundraising efforts led to the establishment of more than 100 PolioPlus society memberships in our district. The ongoing donations at $100 per year per member raises more than $10,000 annually.

The current 2-to-1 match from the Gates Foundation multiplies the total raised to more than $30,000 per year. Rotary International tells us that three dollars raised will vaccinate one child, so at least 10,000 of our world’s children would be protected against possibly crippling polio or a fatal case of measles, as well as four other diseases prevalent in children: tuberculosis, diphtheria, whooping cough, and tetanus.