[Rotary] Fwd: Fw: ROTARY - POLIO PLUS FUNDRAISING - JULY 1, 2018 - MARCH 5, 2019

[J Gary Hopper]

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From: Larry Myers <ldmyers at pacific.net>
Date: Wed, Mar 6, 2019 at 9:28 PM
Subject: Fw: ROTARY - POLIO PLUS FUNDRAISING - JULY 1, 2018 - MARCH 5, 2019
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*POLIO ERADICATION/ROTARY FOUNDATION CHAIRS*
*F.Y.I.*

*THANKS FOR ALL YOU DO TO MAKE LIFE A LITTLE EARLIER FOR THE MANY WE SERVE.*

*PLEASE SHARE THIS WITH YOUR MEMBERS & BE SURE  & UPDATE ME ON YOUR
PROJECTS *

*Larry*

*Subject:* ROTARY - POLIO PLUS FUNDRAISING - JULY 1, 2018 - MARCH 5, 2019

*DISTRICT 5130 PRESIDENT,*

*Attached is the latest financials for 5130 POLIO PLUS FUNDRAISING. We have
reached the $ 400,000 mark – you have raised $ 134,202 & when the 2 for 1
contribution by the Gates Foundation ($268,404) is added – our grand total
since July 1 is $402,606. Plus we still have 4 months left in your year of
service as club president**.*

*Yes, the Gates Foundation continues to be an important contributor to our
goal of the eradication of polio – but it would be meaningless without your
ongoing support of this life saving, life changing program we committed to
way back in 1985. Again every dollar we raise becomes 3 dollars to save
children’s lives.*

*Attached is the latest individual club totals. Our top 24 clubs are: Santa
Rosa $14,353, Sebastopol $10,565, Rancho Cotati $7329, Healdsburg $6865,
Petaluma Sunrise $6822,*
*Santa Rosa Sunrise $6417, Calistoga $5965, Ft Bragg $5863, Mendocino
$5235, Sebastopol Sunrise $4596, South Ukiah $4593, Middletown $4492, Napa
Sunrise $3885,*
*Crescent City $3626, Napa $3598, Arcata Sunrise $3531, Sonoma Valley
$3250, Lakeport $3077, Petaluma $3075, Garberville $2584, Santa Rosa East
$2381, Eureka $2358, Cloverdale $2080, Healdsburg Sunrise $2027.*

*Plus I hope you will take a look at the many clubs in the $1000 + range.
However we still have 6 clubs who have not donated to POLIO PLUS THIS YEAR.
I would like to hear from you as to your plans for the next 4 months. I do
know that Kelseyville Sunrise has a major fundraiser each year in the
spring & I hope part of their proceeds will go towards saving children.
What about the rest of you???*

*So where are we today in terms the total eradication of polio? Globally 6
cases YTD in 2019 (Afghanistan = 2, Pakistan = 4). Personally it is
disturbing to see the increase in cases in Pakistan however the Global
Commission for Certification of the Eradication convened a week ago  to
discuss this very issue. Plus we continue to get significant financial
support from our global partners around the world and especially Muslin
nations who are continuing to strongly financially & personally support our
eradication efforts.*
*I will keep up up to date on our ongoing efforts in not only those
countries but also Africa where we continue immunization campaigns.*

*Personally I wanted to update you on my own challenges. As I previously
told you, I experienced a fall while visiting our son & his family in
Maryland which required surgery to reattach my right quad tendon. The
surgery was successful but required a 3 month re hab. of aggressive
physical therapy twice a week to strengthen my muscle loss not only on the
injured leg but on my polio challenged left leg.*

*I have talked  at your clubs & conferences about the challenges that polio
survivors face each day as they age. My visits to the Greater San Francisco
Polio Survivors monthly meetings has brought this into greater focus. The
polio virus has destroyed many of their motor neurons & weakened many
others. However during the recovery state of polio- our body does attempt
to repair by building new attachments between the challenged & damaged
neurons – thus the recovery stage of polio where with proper treatment, the
polio survivor is able to return to a near normal life. However as the
polio survivor ages- those new branches are the first to deteriorate – thus
over 50% of survivors start their backward return to a state similar to the
one they experienced during the acute state of polio.*

*I like many other have been experiencing post polio syndrome especially
after my diagnoses of a non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma in 2009 – weakness, pain,
muscle loss on my left side. Well the physical therapy to rehab. my injured
right leg has challenged my left leg causing increased discomfort, swelling
& pain. Thus increasing my post polio syndrome. I hope you understand I am
not complaining to you – but attempting to explain the challenges that
polio survivors face each day as they age. Just think of a polio survivor
in a 3rd world country – who will never have the proper care  & will not
fully recover & is aging. My guess that many die at a young age.
Fortunately those of us in the U.S. & other modern countries will have
continued support- those in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nigeria & other African
Countries will not.*

*I will get off my soap box – you younger Rotarians might not understand my
terminology.*

*I just want you to know how proud I am of you, of being a Rotarian of
South Ukiah Rotary, and a member of District 5130. We care & continue to
make a difference in the local communities we serve, also district wide &
world wide.*

*Soon we will all celebrate that day when the polio virus is totally
eradicated & that morning a parent will awaken & know that thanks to you
their son or daughter will never fear waking up one morning paralyzed.*

*Thank you for your ongoing support. WE WILL END POLIO.*

*Larry D. Myers, P.D.G., 5130 POLIO PLUS CHAIR*









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        GO A's
Gary "Hoop" Hopper
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