Wednesday 24 October 2012

World Polio Day: South Placer Rotary Club fights to end polio worldwide


In honor of World Polio Day, which is widely recognized on October 24, the South Placer Rotary Club is continuing its efforts as part of Rotary’s 27-year mission to eradicate the crippling childhood disease polio.

On World Polio Day (Oct. 24), Rotary International will also launch the “World’s Biggest Commercial”, an innovative, interactive campaign at endpolionow.org, that gives everyone a chance to join Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Bill Gates, Jackie Chan, Amanda Peet and other world figures and celebrities already participating in Rotary’s “This Close” campaign (as in, “this close” to ending polio) in raising awareness and support for polio eradication.

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