Rotary and The Rotary Foundation (TRF) are in the business of Doing Good in the World and members of the Rotary family are committed to polio eradication efforts until the world is certified polio-free.Rotary took on the challenge of helping to eradicate Polio in 1985. Together Rotary and our key partners are fully committed in the effort to eradicate Polio. No child should ever have to suffer from this terrible disease! Polio is preventable, but it will take enormous resources and support, and we need your help.
The PolioPlus Society was created as a program to generate sustained giving. It has been set up in a similar way to how the Paul Harris Fellow program was originally started – which is as a District-led program. The PHF program eventually turned into an RI program, but the PPS has a short time frame as we hope to eradicate polio by 2029. The PolioPlus Society first started in 2012 as a way to create recurring sustained giving to Rotary’s #1 humanitarian effort and has been a great success. The PPS was formally recognized in October 2022 when the RI Trustees endorsed the PPS as a Club and District-led program and agreed that these Societies will develop their own parameters for membership and their own donor recognition program.
Our D7090 PolioPlus Society recognizes Rotarians, Rotaractors and friends of the Rotary Foundation, who commit to End Polio by giving a recurring amount of at least $100 USD per year. Today Polio Plus Societies can be found in Districts and Zones across the globe! The program has been a tremendous success in growing support each year and also in engaging our members in the effort . As a PolioPlus Society member you will be able to say that your commitment helped us to eradicate polio. As well, your donations receive a 2 to 1 match by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
You can join now by contacting: Elaine Richard, D7090 Polio Plus Coordinator, at emmrichard55@gmail.com.