History
A pioneer of the American animation industry, he introduced several developments in the production of cartoons.
Who is Walt Disney
Four of the six Rotary Areas of Focus
What are: Peace & Conflict Prevention/Resolution; Disease Prevention & Treatment; Water & Sanitation; Maternal & Child Health; Basic Education and Literacy; Community & Economic Development
1979
What is the year Rotary International begins its fight against polio with a multi-year project to immunize 6 million children in the Philippines.
TRF
What is The Rotary Foundation
Avenues of Service
What are Club Service; Vocational Service; Community Service, International Service; Youth Service.
99 Percent
By what percentage have polio cases decreased worldwide as a result of the Rotary Foundation's efforts to eradicate polio
PHF
What is "Paul Harris Fellow"?
This Rotarian created the Four Way Test
Who is Herbert J. Taylor?
$50Million per year
Amount Rotary has committed to raising per year for polio eradication. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has pledged to match that 2-to-1, for a total commitment of $150 million each year.
RYLA
What is Rotary Youth Leadership Award
World's largest privately funded scholarship program
What is a Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial Scholarship?
Without Polio Plus
If polio isn’t eradicated, within 10 years, hundreds of thousands of children could be paralyzed. Global health care costs would rise dramatically, and the quality of life for people affected by the disease would be drastically diminished.
Service Above Self
What is Rotary's motto?
$1.6 Billion
What is Rotary's contribution, including matching funds, to the global polio eradication effort.
NID
What are National Immunization Days. When Rotarians (at their own expense) join with volunteers and health workers, to canvass the streets throughout a country in search of children to immunize. They travel from house to house knocking on doors in shantytowns and rural villages.