[D9640general] [eFlash_Rotary] Digest Number 776

[Garry Krischock]

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  1. 1475: Tips for funding Rotary's US$100 Million Challenge 
Fri Feb 22, 2008 6:15 pm (PST) 
Tips for funding Rotary's US$100 Million Challenge
By Dan Nixon 

In the push to finish polio, Rotarians are pressing ahead with 
Rotary's US$100 Million Challenge to match the $100 million grant 
received from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The nearly 33,000 
Rotary clubs in the world are each being asked to contribute at least 
$1,000 annually for three years.

On New Year's Day 2008, 20 hardy District 7190 (New York, USA) 
Rotarians, dubbed the "Polar Bears," plunged into the frigid waters 
of Lake George to raise $25,000 in support of Rotary's challenge. 

"There is really no way to look very elegant when you jump into 33-
degree [Fahrenheit] water, but we raised a ton of money and major 
awareness for Rotary and polio," says District Governor Harriet 
Noble. "Too cool, no pun intended."

Until Rotary's challenge is met and polio is eradicated worldwide, 
the Polar Bears say they'll continue their frosty dips into Lake 
George, inspired by their founder, Don Wildermuth, of the Rotary Club 
of Wilton.

The Rotary Club of Parker, Colorado, USA, has raised more than $6,000 
for the challenge by contributing $50 per member from its service 
fund and matching each additional member contribution up to $25 from 
its foundation.

"A number of members of the Parker club have either had polio or have 
watched loved ones suffer and die from polio," says club president 
Bill Shriver. "The club believes that no human being anywhere should 
suffer from this crippling and sometimes fatal disease. Eliminating 
suffering is what Rotary is all about."

Hundreds of community projects helped fuel the previous polio 
eradication fundraising campaign in 2002-03. Among them, Rotarians 
ran in the Los Angeles Marathon, bicycled from Russia to the 
Netherlands, sponsored theater performances in Tokyo, skydived over 
England, auctioned off artwork in India, sold staterooms for a Canada-
to-Alaska cruise, and individually sold 2,000 pieces of a puzzle in 
Turkey depicting Mother Teresa immunizing a child. Here are some ways 
your club or district can set its creative wheels in motion: 

. Auction or raffle off a luxury car, boat, house built as a 
vocational service project, vacation packages, tickets to sports 
events.

. Create special items for sale, including CDs, DVDs, cookbooks, 
craftwork, and Push to End Polio T-shirts, bumper stickers, and toy 
bears.

. Organize special events such as a walkathon, telethon, golf 
tournament, car rally, festival, fun fair, flea market, variety show.

Source: Tips for funding Rotary's US$100 Million Challenge
Courtesy: eFlash_Rotary
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