$100M Challenge

Giant Rotary Wheel and the words "END POLIO NOW" was beamed onto the side of the House of Commons to the left of Big Ben on Rotary International's 103rd Birthday on Saturday, 23rd February -- to start a challenge to raise $100 million to help finally to eradicate polio from the world.

Polio eradication has been Rotary’s top priority since 1985 and working with WHO, UNICEF and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Rotary International has managed to cut the numbers of polio cases by 99 per cent. The disease is now only endemic in four countries: India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nigeria. Recently, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation donated $100 million to help in the Rotary campaign and Google Foundation has also just donated $3.5 million

The Rotary Club of Hoddesdon

The Rotary Club of Hoddesdon was Chartered on 12th September 1947, the year of the 'Big Freeze,' the year of the marriage of Princess Elizabeth to Lt Philip Mountbatten (now H M The Queen and H R H The Duke of Edinburgh) and the year of the breaking of the sound barrier for the first time.

We are a friendly bunch of individuals who share a common interest in local community service, making a difference to those in need and enjoying life and the fellowship of our Club to the full.

We meet each Monday at 12:45 at Broxbourne Civic Hall for lunch, usually with a speaker, to enjoy fellowship and pursue the Rotary ideal of "Service Above Self"

We give new members a warm welcome so if our approach to life seems similar to your own we would like to hear from you.

We have just under forty active members ranging in age from mid-thirties well into retirement. We also run a very healthy and thriving “Friends of Hoddesdon Rotary” organisation to allow those people who are unable to participate fully in Rotary Life the opportunity of attending our events and getting as involved as they feel able.

Hoddesdon is a market town in the Borough of Broxbourne in Hertfordshire. It is situated a little North of London on the main London to Cambridge trunk road. It is well-served by fast rail links into the CIty of London, where a number of our members work or worked.

We have close links to the Rotary Clubs of surrounding towns and areas and in particluar to those of Amwell, Hertford Shires, Ware and Hertford. Many events are designated as “five clubs” events and are supported by members from all clubs.

For more information about our Club or about the Rotary movement in general, please do not hesitate to contact our Club Secretary, John Hiscock.