Incredible milestones in the campaign to End Polio Now!

37 days to go. Yesterday was a hugely significant day in Rotary's continuing fight to End Polio Now . In case you missed the announcement  Rotary achieve $200 million target - the news came in that with nearly 6 months to go Rotary clubs worldwide had raised the $200 million pounds needed to secure a matching grant from the Bill Gates foundation of $355 million. Even better news was that Bill Gates has pledged an additional $50 million of funding as a further thankyou!

For our event, we achieved a milestone we would never have imagined possible when we started this adventure 12 months ago. We now have more than 50 clubs officially registered to take part worldwide! In the space of 1 minute earlier today we received completed sign up number 50 from our very own District 1070 by Graham Walker of Peterborough Werrington. Swiftly followed by Rotary Club of Karori D9940 in Wellington New Zealand thanks to PDG Howard Tong. Just a few minutes ago we had a 3rd sign up of the day and a 5th entry from the USA overall from the Rotary Club of Midtown Atlanta, thanks to Tom Underwood.

Looks like I'm definitely not going to be the only one poolside on 25th February 2012  - Thank you so much!

Let's push on now for the 100 club sign up milestone - I know we can do it!!