Monarch Beach Sunrise Rotary Takes on Polio

MONARCH BEACH SUNRISE ROTARY TAKES ON POLIOPlease support our club and the Rotary Foundationin ending polio

FOR THE PAST 35 YEARS, ROTARIANS FROM AROUND THE WORLD HAVE BEEN WORKING HARD TO END POLIO.

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TODAY, THANKS TO ROTARY, ITS GLOBAL PARTNERS AND PEOPLE JUST LIKE YOU, WE’RE ALMOST THERE...





BUT WE STILL HAVE A WAYS TO GO. WE NEED YOUR HELP!





POLIO IS A HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS VIRAL INFECTION THAT CAN LEAD TO PARALYSIS, BREATHING PROBLEMS, OR EVEN DEATH.





1979- ROTARY CLUBS TAKE ON A PROJECT TO BUY AND HELP DELIVER POLIO VACCINE TO MORE THAN SIX MILLION CHILDREN IN THE PHILIPPINES.





1985- ROTARY INTERNATIONAL LAUNCHES POLIOPLUS, THE FIRST AND LARGEST INTERNATIONALLY COORDINATED PRIVATE-SECTOR SUPPORT OF A PUBLIC HEALTH INITIATIVE.





THE INITIAL PLEDGE WAS $120 MILLION.





1988- ROTARIANS RAISE $247 MILLION FOR POLIO PLUS, MORE THAN DOUBLE THEIR FUNDRAISING GOAL OF $120 MILLION.





THE WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY PASSES A RESOLUTION TO ERADICATE POLIO, SETTING UP THE LAUNCH OF THE GLOBAL POLIO ERADICATION INITIATIVE.





MORE THAN 125 COUNTRIES ARE POLIO-ENDEMIC.





2014 - AT ROTARY INTERNATIONAL’S ANNUAL CONVENTION IN SYDNEY…





PRIME MINISTER TONY ABBOTT ANNOUNCED A $100 MILLION COMMITMENT FROM HIS GOVERNMENT TO ENDING POLIO.





WE’RE CLOSER THAN EVER TO ERADICATING POLIO BUT WE’RE NOT THERE YET!





JOIN THE MEMBERS OF THE MONARCH BEACH SUNRISE ROTARY CLUB…





AND NOTABLE FIGURES AND CELEBRITIES AROUND THE WORLD LIKE ARCHBISHOP EMERITUS DESMOND TUTU, ITZAK PERLMAN, QUEEN NOOR OF JORDAN, BILL GATES, JANE GOODALL, PAU GASOL AND JACKIE CHAN…





AND HELP US ERADICATE THE DISEASE ONCE AND FOR ALL.





THROUGH YOUR DONATION, PLEASE SUPPORT OUR ROTARY CLUB AND THE ROTARY FOUNDATION IN ENDING POLIO.





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Monarch Beach Sunrise Rotary Takes on Polio