 - Title:October 24 is World Polio Day
- Our District is committed to Polio Plus and to End Polio Now. Area clubs hold events where a percentage of sales are donated to Polio Plus. Some of these are Pints for Polio; Pizza for Polio; Purple Pinky Fundraisers to name a few. (more....)
Our District is committed to Polio Plus and to End Polio Now. Area clubs hold events where a percentage of sales are donated to Polio Plus. Some of these are Pints for Polio; Pizza for Polio; Purple Pinky Fundraisers to name a few. If you need ideas or more information to plan an event, you can contact one of the Zone 33 Public Image Team members, or go to https://www.endpolio.org/resource-center plan for your club’s World Polio Day event. There is still time to plan now for your club’s participation this October. For more information or to discuss ideas, feel free to contact Traci Blido or Jeremy Spillman, District 7570 PolioPlus Committee Co-Chairs.
Polio Facts and Talking Points:
- Polio mainly affects children under the age of 5.
- There is no cure for polio but it is preventable with a vaccine.
- Only 2 countries have endemic polio, Afghanistan and Pakistan.
- Cases have reduced by 99.9% since 1988
- Until Polio is eradicated every child is at risk.
Rotary members have contributed more than $2.1 billion and countless volunteer hours to protect nearly 3 billion children in 122 countries from this paralyzing disease. Rotary’s advocacy efforts have played a role in decisions by governments to contribute more than $10 billion to the effort. Rotary also has public and private partnerships to End Polio Now. One of these is the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Partnership, a 2 for 1 match, so every $1.00 raised by Rotary is matched by $2.00 from the Foundation.
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