Pagosa Springs Rotary Club
Neal Johnson then reported on the success of the Polio Day collection, to raise funds to support immunization of children throughout the world and eradicate the dread, crippling disease.
Neal advised that members of the public had donated a total of $529 to the collection pot staffed by Rotary volunteers at City Market on Tuesday the 24th, and that Rotary members themselves contributed an additional $600. All funds collected, Neal pointed out, will by matched twice over by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which has partnered with Rotary International in the effort to eradicate polio.
(Neal noted that many children had been among the members of the public to contribute to the collection, and this reporter can suggest that the collections volunteers are unlikely soon to forget the wonderful sight of small children, with serious demeanor, putting money in the pot – it gives one hope for the future of humanity!)