Congratulations and thanks to everyone who participated in Rotary Walk 2009. Together we raised more than $10,000 for Rotary International’s Polio Plus program. That’s enough money to vaccinate 16,000 children!
Again, thanks for everybody’s hard work and great effort!
Rotary Walk 2009: Starting a 24.6 mile walk from Herndon, VA to the White House for Polio Plus. From left to right, Steve Botello, Prem Grewal, Jim Aram, Marilyn Karp, and Eric Latham.
Peggy Fargo and Marilyn Karp on the Rotary Walk
Dennis & Peggy Fargo, Eric Latham. Dennis and Peggy are two of our top three fundraisers for Rotary Walk 2009.
Well, October 24th is finally here. World Polio Awareness Day. And we’re only $300 away from reaching our $8,000 goal for Polio Plus!!!
At 8:30 this morning, a small group and I will be walking 20 miles to the Ellipse in front of the White House for this cause. If you can help us reach our goal, go to http://www.firstgiving.com/rotarywalk.
If you’d like to meet us for the Final Five walk, from Arlington, VA to the White House, click on the Final Five link to the right for meeting details.
Thanks so much for your help and support!
We’re almost there. Our fundraising goal for Rotary Walk 2009 is $8,000. As of Friday at 2 pm we’ve raised $7,252 for Polio Plus with only one day to go! I going to spend the rest of the day and tomorrow, World Polio Awareness Day, trying to achieve that goal. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Go to: http://www.firstgiving.com/rotarywalk
Here’s a quick update: We’ve registered 21 people, created 14 teams, and received donations from 124 people.
Team Costa Rica hiking for Rotary Walk 2009.
Wow! Over $5,000 raised for Polio Plus through Rotary Walk 2009! Thanks to everybody who responded to Wednesday’s goal. Here’s an update on the campaign:
With 8 days to go, we have registered 19 people, created 13 teams, and raised over $5,000.00 for Polio Plus!
I’m very proud to say that 7610 district Governor Horace McCormack and First Lady Carlota have registered for Rotary Walk 2009. We also have a newcomer in Steve Botello, who created Team Prince William. Welcome!
Leesburg-Daybreak Rotary Club has now raised $875.00! And the Rotary Club of Gainesville-Haymarket is still leading the way with $3,140.00!!!
Our new goal: 8 day to go…Let’s register 8 more people and take our total to $8,000 for Polio Plus!
Get involved at http://www.firstgiving.com/rotarywalk
Thanks to everyone who has helped so far. Don’t forget to let your fellow club members, family, and friends know about our walk for Polio Plus next Saturday, October 24th. Check out the post below or link to the right for details on the Final Five walk from Arlington to the White House. Come walk with us!
We’re very forunate to have Chris Mallin, Polio Plus Chairman for the Rotary Club of Arlington, helping us with the Final Five Walk on Saturday, October 24th. Here’s the plan:
We will meet at 2 pm at the Arlington Co building parking lot at 1400 N.
Quincy Street (see map links below) – this is near Washington-Lee High
School. The Custis trail is located across from that parking area. There
is plenty of parking in that vicinity and it is a short walk to the Ballston
metro for your members that are traveling in. Some of our members might
jump on the trail a little further west, but we can all meet at the Quincy
location at the predetermined time.
As far as the route goes, it looks like the Custis trail, to Mt. Vernon
trail, to Memorial Bridge, across the mall, to the Ellipse is the best bet.
The distance is around 5 miles. Once in DC, folks can walk back or take
the metro to Ballston.
Thanks for your help Chris.
Feel free to call or email with any other questions.
Eric Latham
276-494-1656
With just 10 days to go, we have registered 17 people, created 10 teams, and raised $4,410.00 for Polio Plus!!!
The Rotary Club of Gainesville-Haymarket is still in the lead with $2,840.00! And, Dennis and Peggy Fargo are still our top fundraisers with $2,125.00!!!
The Rotary Club of Arlington has raised $785.00, and look at the Leesburg-Daybreak Rotary Club, new on the scene with $600.00!
Thanks to all involved. Keep up the great work! Remember to use your personal firstgiving webpage to send email to family and friends about the walk.
New goal: Let’s raise $5,000.00 for Polio Plus by the end of this week. That will put us in great position with one week to go.
Get involved now at http://www.firstgiving.com/rotarywalk.
More great news: Two members of the Rotary Club of Bull Run, Donna Flory and Dr. Elaine Sours, will be taking a Rotary Walk shirt with them on their trip to Africa this coming week and hopefully talking with local Rotarians about Polio Plus and Rotary Walk. We’ll post pictures as soon as we get them. Thanks, Donna and Elaine.
With a team in Costa Rica and a team headed to Africa, we’re thinking even BIGGER for Rotary Walk 2010!
Great news: Scarlett, Debbie, and Tiffany will be joining us for the final five miles to the White House. To sponsor their walk, go to http://www.firstgiving.com/rotarywalk. More details about the final five miles to come soon.
http://www.firstgiving.com/rotarywalk
There’s less than two weeks to go until October 24th, World Polio Awareness Day and the walk to raise money for Polio Plus. So far, we’ve registered 15 people, created 9 teams, and raised $3,750.00 for Polio Plus. A big thanks to everyone who has helped so far. Keep up the good work!
If you’ d like to get involved, there’s still time!
Remember, signing up to walk doesn’t mean you have to walk 20 miles or even 5 miles to the White House. It’s just a pledge of support for Polio Plus and this walk, and it only costs $10.
If you don’t want to register, please consider sponsoring one of our walkers. You can do this by going to http://www.firstgiving.com/rotarywalk.
If you’d rather make an offline donation, you can mail it to the Rotary Club of Gainesville-Haymarket, c/o Rotary Walk 2009, P.O. Box 90, Haymarket, VA, 20168-0090. Checks should be made out to “Rotary International-Polio Plus” with “Rotary Walk 2009″ in the “For” section.
Again, thanks so much for your help and support.
With 18 days to go until Rotary Walk 2009, we requested support from the Rotaract Club of Metro Washington, DC:
As of today we have 14 registered walkers and 8 teams that have raised $2,575.00!
Our top fundraiser is Den Fargo of with Rotary Club of Gainesville-Haymarket with $1,255.00!
If you’re registered to walk, be sure to take advantage of your personal fundraising page, which allows you to send email to family and friends to ask for support.
If you’re not participating in Rotary Walk 2009, please consider sponsoring one or more of our walkers, like our team in Costa Rica!
Go to: http://www.firstgiving.com/rotarywalk.
Also, check out the Rotary Walk 2009 article in InsideNOVA.com.
Thanks for your support.
Rotary Walk