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Pedaling for Polio
The Rotary Club of Petoskey and the Petoskey Sunrise Rotary Club will join forces this fall to sponsor a fundraising event to assist in polio eradication efforts worldwide. The event, Pedaling for Polio, will occur on Saturday, September 17, 2011.
Local Rotarians and their families will be riding a distance of their choice, mostly along the Little Traverse Wheelway, and seeking sponsorships for their participation. Each club has their sights set on raising $2,000 during the course of the ride.
Pedaling for Polio demonstrates the the local Rotary club’s commitment to eradicating polio, said John Scholten, event organizer for the Rotary Club of Petoskey. “We are fortunate to have our health and live in such a wonderful part of the world where we can enjoy recreational activities, such as riding our bikes
along the Little Traverse Wheelway,” he said. “Pedaling for Polio is one way our clubs can help those less fortunate who are dealing with life-threatening diseases, such as polio.”
Rotary International and the local Rotary Clubs in Petoskey have a long history of commitment to eradicating polio. In 1985, Rotary International created PolioPlus, a program to immunize all the worlds children against polio. Since 1985, Rotary has contributed $700 million and countless volunteer hours to the protection of more than two billion children in 122 countries against polio. Since its inception, PolioPlus has reduced the number of cases of polio by more than 99 percent and the number of polio-endemic countries has fallen from 125 to four.