Great Falls Rotary Event Raises Funds to End Polio
 

The Great Falls Rotary Club will hold their annual Shred for Polio Event on May 12th at
11 AM to 1 PM at Meadow Lark Country Club parking lot.

 

Here’s a great opportunity to shred your personal/confidential documents and support
Rotary’s worldwide effort to eradicate Polio.

Banker sized boxes of documents (even those that are stapled) only cost $15 to shred
and the funds will go towards Rotary International’s effort to end polio.

 

Montana Business Archives has partnered with Rotary to have their shredder unit on
site at Meadow Lark Country Club parking lot on May 12th from 11 AM to 1 PM.

 

Drive up with your boxes to shred and Rotary volunteers will be ready to help unload and put
your documents into the shredder. Cash and checks will be accepted.

 

Why does the Rotary Club of Great Falls raise funds to support Rotary International’s
effort to eradicate polio?

Because we are part of a world-wide organization of 1.2 million members committed to Rotary’s causes, one of which is fighting disease.

 

What is polio?

Polio, or poliomyelitis, is a paralyzing and potentially deadly infectious disease that most
commonly affects children under the age of 5. The virus spreads from person to person,
typically through contaminated water. It can then attack the nervous system.

 

Rotary has been working to eradicate polio for more than 35 years. Our goal of ridding
the world of this disease is closer than ever.

As a founding partner of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, we've reduced polio
cases by 99.9 percent since our first project to vaccinate children in the Philippines in
1979. Rotary members have contributed more than $2.1 billion and countless volunteer hours
to protect nearly 3 billion children in 122 countries from this paralyzing disease. Rotary’s
advocacy efforts have played a role in decisions by governments to contribute more
than $10 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.

 

To learn more, go to https://www.endpolio.org/