Annual Fund Foundation Giving Surpasses 68% of Goal!
Our members’ giving to the Annual Fund of The Rotary Foundation has surpassed 68% of our $9,000 goal for this year! Through January 15, members’ contributions totaled $6,179, or 68.6% of President John Brown’s goal for the 2025-26 Rotary year. “Please keep our goal in mind and continue donating, especially if you haven’t contributed yet this (Rotary) year,” he urges. (This total does not include $850 raised in the Thanksgiving pie auction and miscellaneous contributions from our weekly drawings; those amounts, when submitted to TRF next week, will raise our giving to more than $7,000 for the year.)
At this point, the Lander Club’s Annual Fund giving is $117 per member, versus $92 for the entire District 5440 membership. The Annual Fund supports more than $100 million in service projects around the globe each year, enabling us to help improve the lives of millions of people and make a difference in the world.
PolioPlus Giving Exceeds Goal...by an eyelash!
And on the PolioPlus front, there is even more encouraging news: We have exceeded our $2,500 annual goal by a mere 75 cents, at $2,500.75! This amount exceeds our giving for all of the 2024-25 Rotary year, when the total was $2,159.67. But remember, it costs roughly $3 start-to-finish to immunize just one child against polio, so please keep on giving!
2025 Wild Polio Case Total 39 - Afghanistan 9 - Pakistan 30
Since the start of the polio eradication campaign in 1985:
- Over 3 billion children Immunized
- Over $3 billion raised by Rotary for polio eradication
- 21,000,000 children saved from the paralysis of polio
- 1.6 million lives saved thanks to polio vaccines
Please Welcome Jeremy Wilzbacher to Lander Rotary!
Our newest member, Jeremy Wilzbacher, grew up in a state park in Minnesota, which instilled in him a passion for the outdoors.
He developed a love of travel through study exchanges and the Peace Corps; he’s especially interested in student international exchange programs. Jeremy loves living small town life in Lander with his wife Sarah and three teenage sons. He works as an Ergonomics Consultant for companies globally. He was sponsored by Joe Quiroz. Give Jeremy a warm welcome the next time you see him!
