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Sep
7

NO MEETING - Labor Day

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Oct
22

Fundraiser: Purple Pinky for World Polio Day

Join us at Honey Whyte’s for a fun, casual fundraiser to support Rotary International’s goal of eradicating polio! Enter to win great prizes and gift boxes, and stay for the 50/50 raffle! A portion of food sales will also go to this event.

2116 E Main St, Richmond, VA 23223

https://www.instagram.com/rvahoneywhytes/?hl=en

Rotary has been working to eradicate polio for more than 45 years. Our goal of ridding the world of this disease is closer than ever.

Rotary's first polio project was to vaccinate children in the Philippines in 1979. Inspired by that successful vaccination campaign, Rotary went on to become a founding partner of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative in 1988, which has reduced polio cases around the world by 99.9 percent.

Thanks to the generosity and commitment of our members, Rotary has contributed more than US$2.9 billion in PolioPlus grants and countless volunteer hours to protect more than 3 billion children in 122 countries from this disease. Rotary’s advocacy efforts have played a role in decisions by governments to contribute more than $11 billion to the effort.

Today, polio remains endemic only in Afghanistan and Pakistan. But it’s crucial to continue working to keep other countries polio-free. If all eradication efforts stopped today, within 10 years, polio could paralyze as many as 200,000 children each year.

https://www.rotary.org/our-work/ending-polio

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