World Polio Day

Sat, Oct 24th 2015 at 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

£1745 raised by a few stalwarts from the Rotary Club and Rotaract Club including doubling donation from Bill and Melinda Gates


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Rotary has strived for years to eradicate polio from the world and only remote areas of 3 countries remain a threat. Funds raised by Rotary are more than matched by donations from Bill Gates to continue the vaccination programme against this preventable disease.


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