International Service

Wilsonville partners with three Rotary clubs to bring much needed service to a small community in La Plata Colombia; those clubs are Newberg (Oregon) Early Bird, Sherwood (Oregon), and La Plata Colombia. Those services include clean water systems, sanitation systems, fire fighting supplies, medical diagnostic equipment (UltraSound machine), park rejuvenation, and others. Our past international support has included clean water and solar energy projects in the Third World . Check back for updated information on our current international projects.

Every community member who has attended one the Wilsonville Rotary Summer Concerts and made a donation to End Polio Now has paid for the very vaccines that are preventing polio from crippling children across the globe. As we’ve seen with other pathogens, the polio virus doesn’t know or care about national boundaries. We can only stop it if we can prevent it globally.

Today, the U.S. is fortunate that polio has been eradicated from our shores. The world was almost as lucky as well, with polio down to a handful of cases in Pakistan and Afghanistan. But unfortunately, new cases arise just when this deadly disease is almost eradicated. When the goal is reached, Polio will become only the second worldwide disease in the history of humankind to be eradicated (after smallpox). 

The Rotary Club of Wilsonville’s support for End Polio Now goes back decades, but we’ve been keeping a running tally since 2007. During that time, through the generosity of concert patrons and those attending other special events, our club  has raised $108,782 towards the cause of ending polio forever. This record of support has consistently made the Wilsonville club one of the top polio fundraising clubs in District 5100, which includes northern Oregon from the Pacific Ocean to Idaho, and a matching slice of southern Washington state.