So you want to take action but don't know where to start?  Here are three steps (plus ideas) to get you going.
 
First thing you want to do is download the up-dated World Polio Day Toolkit
Inside you will find an updated flyer on Polio, a Polio Fact Sheet for 2021 that will make you sound like an instant expert, plus graphics and ideas on what you can do for an event for World Polio Day.
 
Want a two minute and 30 second video you can show at your club?  Check out the video from RI President Shekhar Mehta: https://cdn2.webdamdb.com/md_gyP5KRWPpwG81MtT.mp4?1633384545  (PS - if you have a bad or no internet connection at your meeting, this is a video you can download!)
 
Keep reading for even more ideas
Inside your World Polio Day Toolkit, you will find an updated flyer on Polio, a Polio Fact Sheet for 2021 that will make you sound like an instant expert, plus graphics and ideas on what you can do for an event for World Polio Day.
 
There are videos posted on our District's Polio Site at https://rotarydistrict5650.org/SitePage/polioplus
 
Need more ideas?  The great minds of Zone 29-25B did some brainstorming and came up with new ideas that I will add to the list of ideas on our District website.  These include
  • Have a Purple Donut Day!  We’ve all heard of a purple pinkie project – take it one step further and put a (donut) ring on it.  What a great Facebook picture that would make.
  • Create a scavenger hunt for Polio items and have members post the items to Social Media. Great way to generate interest
  • Pints for Polio: pair up for a social at a local brewery to share proceeds and promotion on a given evening.
  • Our long time End Polio Now Zone Coordinator Terry Zigler has written up his best fundraising ideas, which has been renamed “Fifty Shades of Purple.”  (See the District Polio page for a copy at https://rotarydistrict5650.org/SitePage/polioplus)
Lastly –make sure Rotary International knows about your event by October 14th and you may be featured on Rotary’s Global Update that will be broadcast on Rotary’s Facebook page AND you will be able to download the broadcast to show at your club before everyone else.
 
 
Here is the above mentioned video: