Your Voice, Your Solution for fundraising for PolioPlus

At 2:06PM on 11 August 2009, Trueman W. Mills wrote: To raise money for Polio Plus, our Rotary Club of Clarion, PA set a goal and then had a contest in the public school for students to collect money.

At 12:25PM on 28 July 2009, Sarah Bishop wrote: The Rotary Club of Paonia, CO, USA placed collection jars in 50 local businesses. "Please give 25 cents or more. Help Rotary wipe out polio. 60 cents vaccinates one child. Our goal: vaccinate 5000 children." said the label on the jar. The label also had color pictures of a child receiving an oral immunization and another who was suffering from polio. We collected over $2000 in one year.

At 2:09PM on 4 June 2009, Lucy Arthur (Trinidad & Tobago) wrote: Hold a Briefing session and arm each Rotarian, Rotaractor, Interactor and other Members of The Family Of Rotary with Information about the Polio Eradication Programme. This is best done with the Clubs sponsored by the particular Rotary Club. Go for a "Media Blitz." Contact the Media and select a committee to deal with various parts of the media selected. Select Communities that have benefitted from Rotary Club charity and encourage young members, professionals and other able-bodied members of the community to become involved in this Polio Eradication cause. Instill in them the "Give back" philosophy which forms part of the chain of serving others. Most of all, believe that as a Rotary Club, you can make a difference in raising the funds you have targeted for the Polio Programme.

At 3:50PM on 2 June 2009, fatima wrote: eradicating polio is the best gift to give to the childrtn of the world but if we dont come together as a family we wont achieve this dream so i am appealing to all rotary clubs especially in Nigeria to rise up and lets fight this deadly scourge

At 11:39AM on 1 June 2009, PE Mark Lisaca wrote: Our Club RC Malate, Manila Philippines is hosting a Rotarian International Golf Fellowship in Manila for the benefit of PolioPlus Fund on November this year. This will be a yearly event for said purpose. Thus, I am taking this opportunity to invite all Rotarian golf enthusiast to join us for this noble purpose.

At 11:35AM on 1 June 2009, Allan Berry wrote: The Cheltenham Rotary Club UK did car park duty last Sunday for a railway extravaganza where Hogworts Express was being shown off. We charged £2 per car and collected £1,290 and the people we spoke to about polio were a lot wiser.

At 9:30AM on 1 June 2009, Mohammed Abdul Awal wrote: Our club is planning for a musical night to raise fund for our service projects. We are planning to invite famous singers. Any volunteers and reference?

At 9:09AM on 28 May 2009, Gordon Freedman wrote: We will be holding a benefit classical concert at our local community center on May 31 Our Club is located in a retirement village of 4,500 people in Santa Rosa, California. The concert will have a classical pianist as well as a mezzo soprano. The concert is free, but we are asking for donations to the Polio Plus. We hope to fill the auditorium of 150 people.

At 11:22AM on 27 May 2009, Daniel Wherry wrote: The four clubs in Lincoln Nebraska partnered for an End Polio Now Day in March 2009. We had members volunteer for one hour shifts with two Rotarians in front of six locations in town, three Wal-marts and 3 local grocery stores. Volunteers wore a yellow vest with a Rotary badge on them and we purchased 5 gallon paint cans and decorated them with End Polio Now stickers. We ordered posters free from RI and mounted them for display at the front of the stores when we were collecting. The Governor of the State of Nebraska issued an End Polio Now Proclamation and we got some limited press and radio announcements for the day. We collected funds from customers coming and leaving the stores from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm and raised over $2,250 in seven hours. District 5650 is going to promote an End Polio Now Day across the District in March of 2010. The Lincoln Clubs have contributed over $19,500 to the Polio Plus fund toward the Gates Challenge.

At 11:06AM on 26 May 2009, David Andrews wrote: Our Rotary Club of Oshawa-Parkwood is located 50 km east of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. In our local shopping Centre, we had2 fund raising drives using a table , 2 chairs, and some End Polio Now posters along with some very dedicated Rotarians. We called it a "Twoonie drive to end Polion Now". A twoonie is our Canadian two dollar coin. Many years ago we replaced the two dollar bill with the coin. One twoonie drive was 3 days in November 2008 and another drive was in April 2009... The result... over $1,000.00 . It does work. Try it.

At 9:07AM on 26 May 2009, Suzanne McLeod wrote: Our club, Rotary Club of Amelia Island Sunrise, (Florida) is planning an exciting 'fun'd raiser called: "Cruising For A Cause" for Polio Plus! The cruise would be open to everyone and a % $ amount are matched by the cruise line! Raise between $10-20K! Imagine an entire cruise ship full of Rotarians, friends, families and supporters! Thank you Bill Gates!Call me at 904-662-2360.

At 9:26AM on 26 May 2009, David Hodge wrote: The 29 District Governors for 2009/10 in Great Britian and Ireland have all agreed to launch a high profile PR strategy to help the "End Polio Now " campaign. The objective is to celebrate Rotary Day 2010 , on 23 February whilst providing all 1,850 Clubs (56,000 Rotarians ) with a coordinated project entitled "Thanks for Life". Thanks for Life project has three key components. (a) it is designed to create a high profile PR Campaign to raise the awareness of the outstanding work of Rotary International in these Islands . (b) the Project aims to involve 1 million children in 3,000 Schools to raise at least £1Million (Sterling) towards the Bill Gates £200M Challenge. (c) to create new opportunities to attract new quality members by working with over 3,000 Teachers and 10,000 parents/grandparents (even the young ones) in this excitinmg project. We also wish to grow the Global Network of Community Volunteers of Rotary International. Finally we hope this will be start of Rotary Day being celebrated with new projects annually.

At 3:35PM on 15 May 2009, Terry Ziegler wrote: A Rotarian in our District 5890 owns an iron lung which we will be diplaying in our community July 4 parade and picknic. Our club members will collect donations from the public for Polio Plus on the parade route and at the picnic.

At 9:19AM on 12 May 2009, Susy Sanders wrote: Our club President has been hand-carving walking sticks with symbols of children being able to walk and asking for a donation of a minimum of $20 each. They are worth far more and are collecting far more. He brings in a new one each week.

At 9:21AM on 12 May 2009, Tracy Carroll wrote: My daughter's Interact Club had a unique way to earn funds through Pennies for Polio. They brought in a Polio survivor to speak at assembly to the high school, then set up for large containers for the 4 grades. As a competition among the classes with the reward of a day out of uniform, each grade brought in as many pennies as they could find to fill thier class container. Yet members of the other classes could sabotage their efforts by placing silver coins into the containers of those in the lead, a dime negating ten pennies from the count. The Interact Club of St. Edwards School succeded in earning over $300 in a week for Polio Plus!

At 10:38AM on 11 May 2009, Mir Mohammad Qazi wrote: We do buy many medicines and give them to the poor, suffering ones without any cost. I advice you to open several camps for the treatment of several diseases. RID.3270

At 10:42AM on 11 May 2009, Rtn Paul Agbroko, D9140 Nigeria wrote: Polio Plus is awareness has improved very remarkably in Nigeria at the moment and this can only help if there is a well planned fund raising drive. A fund raising dinner where prominent members of the community and friends of the club are invited can easily raise $10,000 minimum

At 9:21AM on 11 May 2009, Dr. Manju Gupta wrote: I am Professor in a college.I found it more useful to involve youths financially and physically to make them realized that the young force can get victory over Polio. Youths are more committed(sometimes) if given the responsibility. I personally use NCC cadets, NSS students and my teacher training college students to aware the community by organizing rallies, road shows, street plays. Dr. manju Gupta

At 9:00AM on 11 May 2009, PDG William Crawford wrote: I am often invited to speak at Rotary clubs in this district. At each and every club, I talk about PolioPlus, no matter what my invited subject may be. At every club, I lay a $10 bill out as I speak and I challenge every Rotarian present to match it. I actually have raised at much at $340 at one club. I think it really boils down to a willingness to ask.

At 4:14PM on 8 May 2009, Rachel Kozlowski wrote: Our club is going to have a pennies for polio pancake breakfast at our upcoming Strawberry Festival. Then later in the day we are going to have Rotary and Interact volunteers collecting loose change from the watching crowd as our Rotary float goes down the street.

At 4:13PM on 8 May 2009, Marie Peasley wrote: I have been a triathlete and a member of the Marquette West Rotary Club in Marquette, MI for the past three years. As the incoming president of my club, I have decided to dedicate my entire 2009 racing season to raise money and awareness for the Polio Plus campaign. I'm competting in 21 different races in 3 different states (Wisconsin, Michigan and Minnesota), a combination of triathlons, duathlons, runs and bike races, between early May and mid-October. My club has supported me with donations and race clothes with the Polio Plus logo. My club's fundraising goal for the 09/10 year is $5800. My goal is to match that. The local media has picked up my story. I am also working other clubs in my district in the cities where I am racing to help promote my cause. I started campaigning in April, and to date, have raised over $600. I have set up a website to raise money, with a blog documenting my race experiences. http://www.raceforpolio.com

At 10:03AM on 6 May 2009, Dan Herbert wrote: Our club is running a program that involves selling End Polio Now - car magnets to Rotarians. When displayed on Rotarian's vehicles, the magnets not only raise money for Polio Plus, but they also help raise awareness in the community. Rotary clubs have been quick to get on board by placing orders and then selling them to their members. We are now working on our second batch of 5000 magnets. Our goal is to raise $10,000 for Polio Plus. www.washagorotary.ca