What is your club doing on October 24th?

From red ponchos to pub crawls, Rotary clubs are coming up with a variety of ways to promote polio eradication in October. In eastern Ontario and western Quebec, Canada thousands of Rotary members will put on red ponchos and march through the streets of their towns to raise awareness of polio eradication on World Polio Day, 24 October. 

 

Michael Kinsey, governor of Rotary District 7010, which spans the two provinces ordered 2,000 of the special ponchos, which include the End Polio Now logo, for members to purchase for $10 each. Half of that goes to Rotary's PolioPlus campaign, with the other half covering the cost of the poncho. Clubs are inviting local politicians and media to join the event, or holding small rallies to explain Rotary's role in bringing an end to the crippling disease. Read more at: