The unprecedented challenges presented by the coronavirus pandemic to The Rotary Foundation will be addressed by Larry A. Lunsford, a past Rotary International Director and an incoming member of the Board of Trustees of The Rotary Foundation, at the March 10 meeting of the Lander Rotary Club.
 
A reduction in charitable giving combined with the desire to help people around the world cope with the coronavirus pandemic and meet other basic living needs has been especially challenging to The Rotary Foundation.  Also, Rotary’s worldwide campaign to eradicate polio, now nearing 100% eradication of that crippling disease, is slowed as Rotarians redirect more of their efforts to stopping the spread of Covid-19. 
 
Lunsford, a member of the Rotary Club of Kansas City Plaza in District 6040 (Missouri), will begin a four-year term on the governing board of The Rotary Foundation on July 1.  He was a member of the Board of Directors of Rotary International in 2013-15 and is presently chair of the Rotary Peace Centers Committee of the Foundation and a member of the Shaping Rotary’s Future Committee for Rotary International.
 
The Rotary Foundation distributes more than $350 million a year to eradicate polio and to support projects around the world to eradicate disease, improve maternal and child health, provide clean water and sanitation, improve education, and address other issues to improve the lives of those in need.