The Rooted Carrot is owned by 1,100 (and growing!) community members. Initially established as the Cedar Falls Food Co-op, the name was changed in 2020 to demonstrate the regional impact the Co-op would have throughout the greater Cedar Valley in job growth, attracting food tourism, stimulating entrepreneurialism, and supporting area producers, farmers, and ranchers. The Rooted Carrot’s unique capital campaign is currently underway, and the store is scheduled to open in the summer of 2022. 

1. Each club and individuals from that club will be represented by a single duck in the race.
2. The first three ducks to be plucked will be the winners.  Once the winning three clubs have been determined a computer pick at random will occur to choose one winner of a Paul Harris Fellow designation for each of the three winning clubs.
3. Each club participating in the race will receive Foundation Paul Harris Fellow points for the full    amount of dollars contributed by the club through the purchase of ducks.

Ducks are $5 each and checks can be made payable to The Rotary Foundation and mailed to (must be mailed to arrive by April 20, 2021):

John Wasta 

221 Kent Court NE

Cedar Rapids, IA  52402

Phone:  319-361-8527        Email:  john.wasta@gmail.com

They can be purchased online at district5970.org

(https://district5970.org/event/2021-duck-pluck/)

Accepting the award presented by Past Rotary International President Mark Daniel Maloney, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on 23 November, "My profound gratitude to Rotary. Through me, you are also recognizing the United Nations and our efforts to build a healthier, safer, and more peaceful world."

Receiving the award on behalf of the WHO on 25 February, Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said, "Rotary is a vital partner for WHO, and our partnership has brought us to the threshold of an historic achievement over polio."

Rotary, WHO, and UNICEF, along with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, launched the Global Polio Eradication Initiative in 1988. Since then, nearly 3 billion children have been immunized against polio in 122 countries, and polio cases have been reduced 99.9 percent worldwide –including the recent certification of the African region as free of the wild poliovirus. This public-private partnership also includes the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance. "Our progress toward ending polio demonstrates the positive impact we can have when we work together," said Maloney.

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