Celebrate World Polio Day at Pickleball for Polio!
Polio, or poliomyelitis, is a paralyzing and potentially deadly infectious disease that most commonly affects children under the age of 5. The virus spreads from person to person, typically through contaminated water. It can then attack the nervous system. Rotary has been working to eradicate polio for more than 35 years. Our goal of ridding the world of this disease is closer than ever. As a founding partner of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, we've reduced polio cases by 99.9 percent since our first project to vaccinate children in the Philippines in 1979. 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. Today, polio remains endemic only in Afghanistan and Pakistan. But it’s crucial to continue working to keep other countries polio-free. If all eradication efforts stopped today, within 10 years, polio could paralyze as many as 200,000 children each year.
Join area Rotary Clubs for the 1st Annual Pickleball for Polio on October 24th at The Blue Zone.
Sign up to party or play at the Registration Link
Support the cause and sponsor or donate!
Items available for purchase at the event: Beverages from Blue Zone. Lucky Lobster Rolls Food Truck will be serving food in the parking lot, bucket raffle tickets, other raffle drawings.
All money raised goes to END POLIO NOW. The clubs will split the proceeds to donate based on the number of people/members that come. This will then go towards our Polio Plus giving goal. Please consider joining and playing or stopping by!
