The Rotaract Club of Evansville, IN is proud to announce its participation in the historic effort titled "End Polio Now". Evansville Rotaract is partnering with Rotary International and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to contribute to this very important endeavor that has global implications.

After 20 years of hard work, Rotary and its partners are on the brink of eradicating this tenacious disease, but a strong push is needed now to root it out once and for all. It is a window of opportunity of historic proportions.

Your contribution will help Rotary match a $100 million challenge grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The resulting $200 million will directly support immunization campaigns in developing countries, where polio continues to infect and paralyze children, robbing them of their futures and compounding the hardships faced by their families.

The high level goal of Rotary International is to raise the $100 million match by the year 2010. Evansville Rotaract has the goal of raising $2,500 by June of 2010.

Please consider making an individual or corporate donation to do your part in eradicating this debilitating disease.