Submitted by Doug Higgins, Foundation Chair

It was another exciting football weekend. More exciting for some than others but whether your team won or not, Rotary won! President Erik and his Oregon Ducks slipped to second place as Past President Richard and his double teaming with Denmark HS Flag Football and Oconee High pushed him to $352! Jonathon and his Falcons are coming up fast and he is now in third place at $275, squeaking by Kathleen's Fighting Irish at $274 and moving Past President Lisa and her Baylor Bears to fifth place with $254.

Your generosity in support of The Rotary Foundation Polio Plus fund has been more than hoped, with pledges totaling almost $4,000. Our goal for the entire season was $3500 and there is a lot of football yet to be played. Our club has typically donated between $1,500 and $2,000, so $3,500 is a big increase. We have also been very generous supporters of the Rotary Foundation Annual Fund, which supports District and Global Grants. Our board has agreed that funds over $3500 should be directed to the Annual Fund. Therefore, it was proposed that the first $175 of your pledge be donated to Polio Plus and any amount over that be donated to the Annual Fund. World Polio Day is this week, on October 24th and it would be amazing of some (or all) of our Score for Polio Plus participants would make some of their donation on that day. (If you do not "owe" $175 at this point in the season, you can donate what you do owe to date.)

If you do make an online donation this week, please let me (Doug) know the amount. Here is the link to donate:

https://my.rotary.org/en/donate

You can also give me a check payable to The Rotary Foundation and I will ensure the donation is credited to your account. 

Thanks for your generous support of the Foundation and please let me know if you have any questions, (404) 401-2094.