World Polio Day 24th October 2022
Mon, Oct 24th 2022 at 1:00 am - 11:00 pm
The Rotary Organisation celebrates World Polio Day and its committment to the eradication of Polio
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Announcement By Rotary International President
Speaking at the 2022 Global Citizen Festival, Rotary International President Jennifer Jones announced that Rotary will pledge an extra $150 million in the fight against polio.
Mile of Coins Event for the Eradication of Polio
The three Cheltenham Rotary Clubs collaborated to organise a Mile of Coins Event held in the Montpellier Gardens on the 28th May 2022
Below is the initial report from David Price of the Cheltenham Club
Dear Fellow Rotarians,
Firstly may I thank all of you who have contributed towards our final Centenary Event, by helping on the day, or in the organisation over the last year, or obtaining sponsored strips. The good news to date is that we have £5,600 pounds in the bank after payment of expenses and there are still outstanding payments expected to take the total to well over £6000.
In addition we were presented with the attached painting ( 20cms X 24cms) by renowned local artist PJ Crook MBE, which we are offering for sale by auction to Cheltenham Rotarians in who might like to have this memento of the event or simply would like to own this valuable piece of art. PJ has already had an offer from a Japanese follower of £1000 after she posted it on her social media platforms and selling in a gallery she would have a price tag of £2500 for this size painting.
We already have a bid for £1200 but if anyone would like to offer more please feel free to contact me and place your bid - the more the painting fetches, the greater our final result to give to the End Polio Campaign. We are intending to keep the Just Giving Webb site open for another month to allow for any late contributions. If you would like to bid for the painting please do so by the end of June.
Once we are confident we have received all the contributions we are expected to get, Paul Clark will produce a balance sheet and we will divide the sum total by 3 so that each Club will be making a significant contribution to the eradication of Polio.
Once more our grateful thanks to your help in another successful event in the Centenary year of Rotary in Cheltenham.
YIR
David Price
Rotary Club of Cheltenham
Mobile : 07803 601157
Email : dw.price@ btinternet .com
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