District End Polio Walk/Run
The top performers will be recognized at our District Conference.
D5610 Polio Walk Run:
We are at the brink of eradicating Polio virus from the world. This is an initiative started by Rotarians in 1979, and we are committed to continue our support until the goal is reached.
Wild Polio is currently reported just in Afghanistan and Pakistan. About 15 cases /yr of wild polio in the past few years. We are vaccinating children throughout the world spending close to a billion dollars each year. Rotary International is third highest contributors in the world, behind Gates Foundation and US Government towards this cause. Efforts are under way to eradicate polio from those two countries. If we can do that, we can stop vaccinating our children and keep the world safe from Polio, just as we did with small pox.
This year we will support the cause by organizing a virtual 1K/5K walk/Run during the month of September.
How it works:
1. Choose your own time and location and complete your walk or run (1K or 5K) during the month of September.
2. Talk to your family members and friends to join you for the “Rotary Polio walk”
3. Request your friends to support you by donating money for the cause - “Eradicating Polio from the world” and by raising awareness about the current status about Polio. You and your team (if you choose to organize one) can walk or run 1 K or 5 K and keep your time in which you accomplish this.
4. Send the information about your time and funds raised to aakumarjr@gmail.com (Dr Ashok Kumar, D5610 “End Polio Now” chair.) Call me or any of the committee members if you have any questions (605 390 6238).
Go the Rotary Foundation web site and contribute the raised fund (from you and your team) in your name to the Polio Fund or give the collected funds to your club’s treasurer (to send to Polio fund). Make sure you send the information about the amount you sent to me by e-mail. You do get credit towards Paul Harris Fellow for the amount you sent.
Together we can do this - “Eradicate Polio from the world “- and keep our children safe without having to vaccinate them.
We appreciate your support and commitment.
D5610 Polio Walk Run:
We are at the brink of eradicating Polio virus from the world. This is an initiative started by Rotarians in 1979, and we are committed to continue our support until the goal is reached.
Wild Polio is currently reported just in Afghanistan and Pakistan. About 15 cases /yr of wild polio in the past few years. We are vaccinating children throughout the world spending close to a billion dollars each year. Rotary International is third highest contributors in the world, behind Gates Foundation and US Government towards this cause. Efforts are under way to eradicate polio from those two countries. If we can do that, we can stop vaccinating our children and keep the world safe from Polio, just as we did with small pox.
This year we will support the cause by organizing a virtual 1K/5K walk/Run during the month of September.
How it works:
1. Choose your own time and location and complete your walk or run (1K or 5K) during the month of September.
2. Talk to your family members and friends to join you for the “Rotary Polio walk”
3. Request your friends to support you by donating money for the cause - “Eradicating Polio from the world” and by raising awareness about the current status about Polio. You and your team (if you choose to organize one) can walk or run 1 K or 5 K and keep your time in which you accomplish this.
4. Send the information about your time and funds raised to aakumarjr@gmail.com (Dr Ashok Kumar, D5610 “End Polio Now” chair.) Call me or any of the committee members if you have any questions (605 390 6238).
Go the Rotary Foundation web site and contribute the raised fund (from you and your team) in your name to the Polio Fund or give the collected funds to your club’s treasurer (to send to Polio fund). Make sure you send the information about the amount you sent to me by e-mail. You do get credit towards Paul Harris Fellow for the amount you sent.
Together we can do this - “Eradicate Polio from the world “- and keep our children safe without having to vaccinate them.
We appreciate your support and commitment.