Norman, Oklahoma, October 28, 2021 – The Norman Rotary Club celebrated becoming a 2-comma club by donating $1,008,751 cumulatively to the Rotary International Foundation. Founded over 100 years ago, the foundation has spent more than $4 billion on life-changing, sustainable projects world-wide. The mission of the foundation is to help Rotarians to advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace by improving the environment and alleviating poverty. Areas of focus include of promoting peace, supporting education, protecting the environment, fighting disease, providing clean water, growing local economies and saving mothers and children.
Teresa Collado, President of the Norman Rotary Club, said, “This is an amazing achievement by our club members. The foundation has been pivotal in the eradication of polio as well as many other projects that have made a positive difference in our community and the world. Just over 80% of our club members are Paul Harris Fellows which recognizes Rotarians for each $1,000 donated to the foundation. Of those, 11 of our members are major donors who have donated $10,000. The generosity of our Rotarians is astounding.”
Ron Burton, who has served as Rotary International President and District 5770 Governor, shared that because of foundation’s efforts in polio eradication that there are only two confirmed cases of polio in the world today. Burton noted that reaching the 2-comma club status is rare, and that only .009723% of all clubs world-wide have accomplished it. For more information about how you can be involved in the Norman Rotary Club, check out www.normanrotary.org.