ROTARY DISTRICT 9470






	District 9470 or Rotary Related News July 2008 27.07.08 \| Club Protection Officer briefing Representatives from District 9470 clubs attended a briefing on the 2008–09 working with children policies. The manual and forms required are now available on this website for download and implementation. More > 09.07.08 \| The Rotary Club of Cunderdin’s changeover makes headlines in the Avon Valley Advocate The Rotary Club of Cunderdin’s changeover luncheon was held on Saturday 28 June 2008. More > 03.07.08 \| Eradication of Polio The 2008-2009 Chairman of Trustees of The Rotary Foundation, Past RI President Jonathan Majiyagbe has set five Goals for Rotarians this year. These goals break the Foundation’s mission into five achievable pieces. More > 02.07.08 \| Steering youngsters to safety Students at Guildford Grammar participate in the Rotary Youth Driver Awareness (RYDA) pilot course. More > June 2008 30.06.08 \| Rotary Club of Corrigin take two Awards home from District Changeover with the Rotary Club of Hannans taking one The Rotary Club of Corrigin won two Awards at the District Changeover – one for the 2007–08 Conference attendance and one for the distance travelled. The Rotary Club of Hannans, for the second year running won the District Bulletin Award. 30.06.08 \| New District Governor Pushpa sworn in for 2008–09 District Governor Pushpa was sworn in for the 2008–09 year. The evening was held at the Italian Club in North Perth. 19.06.08 \| Rotary kick starts its US$100 million challenge to eradicate Polio The 2008 Rotary International Convention in Los Angeles marked the official launch of Rotary’s US$100 million Challenge. The challenge, a three-year fundraising commitment, is the Rotary Foundation’s response to the US$100 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to help the final effort to rid the world of polio. The resulting US$200 million will directly support immunisation campaigns in developing countries, where polio continues to infect and paralyse children, robbing them of their futures and compounding the hardships faced by their families. To date, Rotary has contributed nearly US$700 million to the eradication effort, an amount that will grow to more than US$850 million by the time the world is certified polio-free. Rotary clubs also provide “sweat equity” on the ground in polio-affected communities, which helps ensure that leaders at all levels remain focused on the eradication goal. Over the years, Rotary club members have volunteered their time and personal resources to reach more than two billion children in 122 countries with the oral polio vaccine. As long as polio threatens even one child anywhere in the world, all children – wherever they live – remain at risk.