D7950 Foundation Luncheon

DON'T MISS OUT!
Registration is closing Saturday Nov 8th
District wide event celebrating the Rotary Foundation and Paul Harris Fellows.
NOTE: This is the second of five events that are a part of the DG Rotary Club Challenge.

Guest Speaker is Ramesh Ferris. Ramesh is a polio survivor and Rotarian who resides in Whitehorse, Yukon Canada. He has a bachelor’s degree in social work, and is the past president of the Rotary Club of Whitehorse Rendezvous.

Ramesh is a major donor of the Rotary Foundation, and is the Rotary 5370 District Governor for 2025-2026. He is a past Rotary End Polio Now Coordinator for Zone 28.

In 2008 Ramesh hand-cycled 7140kms over 6 months from Victoria, BC to Cape Spear, NL in program called Cycle to Walk to raise funds and awareness for polio eradication, education, and rehabilitation.

Over the past 18 years Ramesh has volunteered in partnership with Rotary International, The Gates Foundation, Global Citizen, United Nations Foundation, and the World Health Organization to promote our shared global goal of ending polio. He has shared Rotary’s End Polio message with countless heads of state, many world leaders, and celebrities around the world. He has spoken to delegates at the United Nations in New York City and to many Rotarians at various Rotary International Conventions, Zone Institutes and District Conferences around the world.

Ramesh has also provided the polio vaccine to children in Karachi Pakistan, Kabul, Afghanistan, and in his birth country of India. He is the recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee award and the Yukon Commissioner’s award for volunteer public service.