<div><div dir="auto">From our District Polio Plus chair, Larry Meyers:</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div>---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: Larry Myers <<a href="mailto:ldmyers@pacific.net">ldmyers@pacific.net</a>><br>Date: Mon, Dec 4, 2017 at 5:07 PM<br>Subject: Fw: ROTARY - Polio-Plus Financials July 1, 2017 - Dec 4, 2017<br>To: Alec Peters <<a href="mailto:alec@kenwoodpress.com">alec@kenwoodpress.com</a>>, Alice Kibwaa <<a href="mailto:alikibwaa@gmail.com">alikibwaa@gmail.com</a>>, Andy Jahn <<a href="mailto:andyjahn@mac.com">andyjahn@mac.com</a>>, Ben Hill <<a href="mailto:ben.hill@ah.org">ben.hill@ah.org</a>>, Bill May <<a href="mailto:wmayhma@aol.com">wmayhma@aol.com</a>>, Bill Sauber <<a href="mailto:bill.sauber@outlook.com">bill.sauber@outlook.com</a>>, Bob Adamczak <<a href="mailto:bobadamczak@mendomill.com">bobadamczak@mendomill.com</a>>, Bob Bliesner <<a href="mailto:bob.bliesner@gmail.com">bob.bliesner@gmail.com</a>>, Brian Gross <<a href="mailto:briangrossrealestate@gmail.com">briangrossrealestate@gmail.com</a>>, Brian Lovell <<a href="mailto:blovell47@gmail.com">blovell47@gmail.com</a>>, Brian Reed <<a href="mailto:Breed@summitstatebank.com">Breed@summitstatebank.com</a>>, Bruce Maxwell <<a href="mailto:Bmaxw99820@yahoo.com">Bmaxw99820@yahoo.com</a>>, Bruce Smith <<a href="mailto:basx@suddenlinkmail.com">basx@suddenlinkmail.com</a>>, Chris Parr-Feldman <<a href="mailto:chris.parrfeldman@gmail.com">chris.parrfeldman@gmail.com</a>>, Christopher Ranney <<a href="mailto:chris@ranneycoaching.com">chris@ranneycoaching.com</a>>, Chuck Broward <<a href="mailto:cbroward@comcast.net">cbroward@comcast.net</a>>, Dan Erickson <<a href="mailto:dseerickson@sbcglobal.net">dseerickson@sbcglobal.net</a>>, Danielle Barreca <<a href="mailto:dbarreca@cbnapavalley.com">dbarreca@cbnapavalley.com</a>>, Dirk Slooten <<a href="mailto:dirk@slooten.com">dirk@slooten.com</a>>, Donna Schuler <<a href="mailto:schuler.donna@gmail.com">schuler.donna@gmail.com</a>>, Doug Shureen <<a href="mailto:dshureen@gmail.com">dshureen@gmail.com</a>>, Dustin Littlefield <<a href="mailto:dlit108@gmail.com">dlit108@gmail.com</a>>, Ed Smith <<a href="mailto:edshandyman@comcast.net">edshandyman@comcast.net</a>>, Glen Senestraro <<a href="mailto:gsenestraro@fuhsdistrict.org">gsenestraro@fuhsdistrict.org</a>>, Heather Ann Young <<a href="mailto:HYoung@perrylaw.net">HYoung@perrylaw.net</a>>, Holly Madrigal <<a href="mailto:MsHollyMadrigal@gmail.com">MsHollyMadrigal@gmail.com</a>>, Jack Blasco <<a href="mailto:jblasco@comcast.net">jblasco@comcast.net</a>>, Jason Dominici <<a href="mailto:jdominici@telepacific.com">jdominici@telepacific.com</a>>, Jennifer Carter <<a href="mailto:rolstonjen@yahoo.com">rolstonjen@yahoo.com</a>>, Julia Parranto <<a href="mailto:julia@parrantolaw.com">julia@parrantolaw.com</a>>, Kate Buchannan <<a href="mailto:katebrotary@gmail.com">katebrotary@gmail.com</a>>, Kathy G. Schommer <<a href="mailto:kathys.rotary@gmail.com">kathys.rotary@gmail.com</a>>, LaDonn Morgan-Garcia <<a href="mailto:ladonnmorgan@icloud.com">ladonnmorgan@icloud.com</a>>, Laura Olsen <<a href="mailto:Shortbreadcatz@aol.com">Shortbreadcatz@aol.com</a>>, Linnea Humble <<a href="mailto:humblel@sutterhealth.org">humblel@sutterhealth.org</a>>, Lisa Fryrear <<a href="mailto:lisa.fryrear.tiOx@statefarm.com">lisa.fryrear.tiOx@statefarm.com</a>>, Marck Zuehlsdorff <<a href="mailto:marckzuehlsdorff@gmail.com">marckzuehlsdorff@gmail.com</a>>, Matt Nilsen <<a href="mailto:nilsenappraisals@aol.com">nilsenappraisals@aol.com</a>>, Meagan Curtis <<a href="mailto:meagan.curtis@edwardjones.com">meagan.curtis@edwardjones.com</a>>, Peter Fennell <<a href="mailto:pfennell@rennerpetroleum.com">pfennell@rennerpetroleum.com</a>>, Richard Pitt <<a href="mailto:nzbgsf@comcast.net">nzbgsf@comcast.net</a>>, Ron Miles <<a href="mailto:ronamiles@aol.com">ronamiles@aol.com</a>>, Scott Cooper <<a href="mailto:scott@calgreenlending.com">scott@calgreenlending.com</a>>, Steve Klick <<a href="mailto:sklick2010@gmail.com">sklick2010@gmail.com</a>>, Suzanne Imhaus <<a href="mailto:simhaus@mcn.org">simhaus@mcn.org</a>>, Tina Tvedt <<a href="mailto:ttvedt@rrhc.org">ttvedt@rrhc.org</a>><br>CC: Bob Rogers <<a href="mailto:crobertrogers@comcast.net">crobertrogers@comcast.net</a>>, Barbara Spangler <<a href="mailto:barbara_spangler@att.net">barbara_spangler@att.net</a>>, Kathy Flamson <<a href="mailto:kmflamson@aol.com">kmflamson@aol.com</a>><br></div><br><br>
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<div><strong><font size="4">DISTRICT 5130 PRESIDENT,</font></strong></div>
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<div><strong><font size="4">Attached is the latest POLIO PLUS financial report a/o
Dec 4. It details a total of $ 165,191 for the first 5 months of your year as
club president. Currently we are only $ 30,000 less than the total POLIO PLUS
fundraising for last year – 2016-17. </font></strong></div>
<div align="justify"><strong><font size="4">D.G. Bob & I have you and your
support of PEDAL 4 POLIO to thank for this early jump start for 2017-18. Since
my 11.1.17 email, Sonoma Valley has contributed an additional $ 5200, along with
substantial contributions from Cloverdale, Ft. Bragg, Healdsburg Sunrise,
Petaluma Sunrise, Santa Rosa, S</font></strong><strong><font size="4">ebastopol
& Sebastopol Sunrise. I know many of your clubs have been financially
supporting the relief efforts to help the tremendous number of fire victims this
past 2 months. Rotary & Rotarians will always be there to support the
communities we serve helping those in need. I see it in Mendocino County where
the number of homes destroyed are a fraction of those in Sonoma County but the
effect on our community is devastating. </font></strong></div>
<div align="justify"><strong><font size="4">D.G. Bob & I talked in length about
this at the North R.F. Dinner last month in Eureka. The need to substantially
assist fire victims in their recovery efforts but continue to encourage
additional polio fundraising to complete our # 1 goal – the eradication of
polio. Last month I mentioned a number of clubs who have yearly polio
eradication fundraisers. I listed those clubs who have scheduled early spring
fundraisers & I hope to hear from you so I can also promote the specifics of
your event. PLEASE LET ME KNOW THE DETAILS SO I CAN PASS THE INFO
ALONG.</font></strong></div>
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<div align="justify"><strong><font size="4">So where are we today in terms of the
eradication of the polio virus? YTD 2017 16 cases of polio (Afghanistan 11,
Pakistan 5) compared to 34 cases YTD 2016. WE ALWAYS KNEW THAT THE LAST CASES
WOULD BE THE MOST DIFFICULT TO TOTALLY ERADICATE & THIS IS THE CASE TODAY.
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<div align="justify"><strong><font size="4">However this year Pakistan has made
considerable progress down to just 5 cases compared to 20 cases in 2016. How has
this happened? Primarily due to increased cooperation & communication within
the Muslin community, Federal Government, and our Global Partners including
Rotary. August 20 was the last case & we truly feel that Pakistan has a real
opportunity to soon end the transmission of the polio virus. We are on the verge
of seeing the last case ever in Pakistan. In October, we successfully vaccinated
over 26.3 MILLION CHILDREN. Pakistan has also set up 376 Permanent Transit
Points across the country that vaccinated over 1.7 million children in
transit.</font></strong></div>
<div align="justify"><strong><font size="4">So many times in the past I have
discussed the problem of cross border transmission of the polio virus but a
country as geographically diverse as Pakistan has to also deal with certain
population groups being isolated making it difficult to immunize. Pakistan seems
to have resolved many of those problems & I feel is on the way to total
eradication of the virus.</font></strong></div>
<div align="justify"><strong><font size="4">Afghanistan and Pakistan continue to
closely cooperate in terms of scheduling concurrent immunization campaigns.
Currently Afghanistan in cooperation with Rotary and our Global Partners is
using a new method to test for immunity to the polio virus. It is called
Serosurveys & is a simple test of the blood serum which measures the
immunity to different diseases. Our polio immunization campaign uses this to see
what level of protection a child has against the poliovirus to assess
whether the vaccination campaigns are reaching enough children, enough times, to
give them immunity. Recent results show that Afghanistan is closer than ever to
eradicating polio with more than 95% of children surveyed immune to type 1
virus. This will also point out any areas under-immunized so they can be
targeted in their next campaign. Last month a campaign targeted an
underserved area & reached over 202,000 children who were under-immunized.
Afghanistan also has 398 permanent transit teams in place and also support 16
cross border immunization points.</font></strong></div>
<div align="justify"><strong><font size="4">So just wanted you to know there is much
taking place that will expedite our successful completion of a promise we made
to parents & children way back in 1988, that some day there will be morning
that a parent will never have to fear their son or daughter waking up paralyzed
with little or no hope of recovery. </font></strong></div>
<div align="justify"><strong><font size="4">I will never forget that morning as a 6
year old waking up paralyzed.</font></strong></div>
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<div align="justify"><strong><font size="4">THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED
SUPPORT.</font></strong></div>
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<div align="justify"><strong><font size="4">Larry D. Myers, P.D.G., 5130 Polio Plus
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