At our Sept. 25th Club meeting, we approved a Donation of $3,000 to the PolioPlus Campaign in honour of the RI Presidential visit.
Below is the Flag Raising at Government House during President Riseley's visit on Oct. 2nd.
From left to right: Past District Governor, Duncan Conrad; Past District Governor, Bob Moffatt, Lieutenant Governor of PEI, Frank Lewis, and RI President, Ian Riseley.
Rotary, along with our partners, has reduced polio cases by 99.9 percent worldwide since our first project to vaccinate children in the Philippines in 1979. We are close to eradicating polio, and Club was glad to help.
World Polio Day: October 24th
One Day, One Focus, Ending Polio.
Rotary is getting ready for our 5th annual World Polio Day event, co-hosted with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Rotary will live stream from the Gates Foundation headquarters in Seattle, Washington to bring together more than 50,000 viewers around the world. Join us as global health experts and celebrities share our progress on the road to polio eradication.