For the second year Anacortes and Fidalgo Rotary Clubs teamed up to hold the “Pints for Polio” fundraiser to cure polio under the big top at the Rockfish Grill. $4,700 was raised from members and guests while Monday Night football played on the big screen.
Better yet, each of those dollars was matched by TWO additional dollars by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, meaning every dollar collected at Rockfish provided one dose for one child. Multiply by Rotary’s 35,000 clubs around the world and the collective impact is huge. Rotary launched its polio prevention drive in 1979 and has partnered with the Gates Foundation since 2007. Polio cases have been reduced 99.9% and nearly 3 billion children in 122 countries have been protected.
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October is Rotary’s “End Polio Month”, which is why the Anacortes and Fidalgo clubs along with many others around the world hold polio awareness events this time of year. We are happy to do our part as part of this broad global effort.