Over the past few years, District Polio Chair and President, Vinegar Hills, Bruce Nicholls has attended District 5500 (Arizona, USA) in November to take part in a bicycle ride known as the Ride to End Polio, with John Hewko, our General Secretary.
This ride has been very successful in the USA as a fundraiser for Polio Plus, and has generated over $10 million USD.
But it is an expensive trip for non USA residents to participate in, and we have developed a way in which Rotarians from around the world can now participate.
The Indoor Ride to End Polio has filled that gap, which now allows Rotarians from all over the world to use exercise bikes to raise funds for Polio, by getting sponsorship and ride for minutes, instead of miles. This simple concept can be done as an individual in their homes, or in a club or a gym, or as a Rotary Club event as a team. The ways to do it are unlimited.
This activity is to be conducted during the week from 14 November until 21 November, which is the date of the actual ride in Tucson, Arizona.
In Australasia, District 9685 will be coordinating the registration and collation of fundraising records to advise our Administrators in D5500, so that all the funds raised here can be added to the total of the Ride to End Polio so that we can help achieve the goal of raising $10 million for this year.
Bruce is hoping that our Zone can stand high in the fundraising total and be the first in the world to embrace this fundraising project in our quest to End Polio. He is also hoping that clubs can garner the support of local gymnasiums in their areas, and seek assistance from them to apply a gold coin donation from spin class participants during the week we are running this.
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