Dinner Meeting with PP Gary Newton and Polio Plus

Tonight we have the pleasure of the company of PP Gary Newton (RC Geelong East) who is the current District 9780 Polio Chair to speak to us about Rotary's work against Polio. 

In Gary's own words:

"It's personal because next February it will be 70 years since I contracted paralytic polio as a one year old.

Clearly, it hasn't defined me but 70 years of living with disability gives one a very clear understanding as to why Rotary is pushing so very hard (and is now so close) to eradicating polio.

But we can and must do better and here's why...only one in 12 (or 8%) of Rotarians give to the PolioPlus Fund which needs to raise $50M each year to get the Gates Foundation 2 for 1 contribution."