The highly successful King's Men concert organised by the Rotary Club of Northallerton on July 19 raised £2,600 for charity.
The club decided to divide the money between Rotary's End Polio Now campaign, Parkinson's UK, and local charities.
President Emma Biggs recently presented a cheque for £1,000 to Jacqui Molyneux, a district representative for Rotary Foundation, Rotary International's own charity, to which Rotarians from the club donate voluntarily each year.
This large donation for Polio eradication will automatically be increased to £3,000 by Bill and Melinda Gates, who have pledged to triple any donations to the polio campaign.
Rotary International has worked with the World Health Organisation since 1985 to eradicate polio, which was then endemic in most countries of the world. Rotary's rigorous campaign involving volunteers to immunise all children in the world has reduced the incidence of new cases to just six last year.
President Emma Biggs, in thanking Jacqui for an informative talk about the Rotary Foundation charity, said: "I am so proud and extremely grateful to be able to donate this money to such a worthy project. My mother contracted polio as a child but was one of the lucky ones, as she recovered from it".
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