PARSIPPANY — At a dinner meeting held at Il Villaggio on Wednesday, June 28, Margit Rahill, the outgoing District Governor, a member of the Rotary Club of Jefferson presents the “District Governor Banner” to the incoming District Governor, Peggy Mader, of Rotary Parsippany-Troy Hills.
Mader started her new position effective July 1. The Rotary District 7470 encompasses fifty Rotary Clubs serving, Essex, Morris, Sussex, Warren Counties and Bernardsville.
The Rotary Foundation is the charitable arm of Rotary. It is a non-profit that is supported solely by voluntary contributions from Rotarians and friends of The Rotary Foundation who share its vision of a better world. Its sole mission is to support the efforts of Rotarians through Rotary’s mission, and the achievement of world understanding and peace through local, national and international humanitarian and educational programs in your back yard and around the globe.
Atlanta Rotary President John Germ and Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, recently announced a commitment of up to $450 million to support the eradication of polio. Rotary and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation renewed their longstanding support for ending polio – a paralyzing, life-altering scourge on the verge of becoming the second human disease ever to be eliminated. Rotary committed to raise $50 million per year over the next three years, with every dollar to be matched with two additional dollars from the Gates Foundation. This expanded agreement will translate into $450 million for polio eradication activities, including immunization and surveillance over the next three years. This critical funding helps ensure countries around the world remain polio-free and that polio is ended in the remaining three endemic countries: Afghanistan, Nigeria, and Pakistan.
“In 2016, fewer children were paralyzed by polio than ever before, thanks to the dedication of Rotary members and our partners,” said Germ. “The paralysis of even one child by a preventable disease is unacceptable, and I’m proud to see our members redoubling their commitment to ensure we reach every single child with the polio vaccine.”
