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Local Rotary Clubs Contribute to the Worldwide Eradication of Polio--RIVER JOURNAL, ROB ABBOT
When thinking about the Rotary Clubs in our communities, what mostly comes to mind is the local service work: food pantries; scholarships; support for youth sports and scouting; community beautification, etc. The signature events of local clubs occupy an important place on the annual calendar of the communities they serve: the Peekskill Rotary Horse Show (virtual in 2020); the Croton Rotary Car Show (a parade this year); Tarrytown Rotary’s Ducky Derby (live streamed in 2020).
But Rotary has another, international dimension that has been in the news this fall. Rotary International, supported by some 35,000 clubs around the globe, promotes peace, fights disease, provides clean water, and supports economic development for communities in poor countries. And in 2020, disease prevention efforts supported by Rotary International marked a milestone in the eradication of polio, also known as infantile paralysis, a viral infection that led to the death or disability of thousands of Americans until a vaccine was developed in the 1950s. MORE AT https://riverjournalonline.com/around-town/health/local-rotary-clubs-contribute-to-the-worldwide-eradication-of-polio/22187/
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LIFE WENT ON DURING PRE-POLIO VACCINE DAYS IN CROTON:
---1955 CROTON CHILDREN START GETTING POLIO SHOTS https://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2014/06/april-1955-children-2-start-getting.html
THANKS. REMEMBER GETTING THE SHOT WELL! SCHOOLS DIDNT CLOSE EITHER A DIFFERENT WAY TO SEE PANDEMICS AND THE WORLD! FOR SURE!
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