In 1988 it established the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) which today includes other partners such as the World Health Organization, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, UNICEF, the Bill Gates & Melinda Foundation and other government and private groups. In 1985, Rotary International began raising funds in an effort to eliminate Polio worldwide. Rotary and its partners have used this vaccination to immunize more than 2.5 billion children worldwide. The polio vaccination provides double immunization – while there is no cure for polio, there is a safe and effective vaccination. It also raises funds for Polio Plus, Rotary International’s program for the worldwide eradication of polio.įor $1 students had the opportunity to dip a little finger into temporary purple dye used to designate children abroad who have been immunized against this crippling disease. For the first time since COVID, our club in collaboration with Los Alamos Public Schools (LAPS) worked together to sponsor this event, which raises awareness about the disease and its eradication. The Rotary Club of Los Alamos would like to thank all the elementary students and their parents for the generous support they gave to our recent Purple Pinkie Polio Awareness Campaign. Rotarians seated from left, Skip King and Chuck Tallman and standing at right, Linda King participate with students in the Purple Pinkie, PolioPlus Campaign recently at Barranca Mesa Elementary School, hosted by the Rotary Club of Los Alamos in collaboration with LAPS. Students show off their purple pinkies during the Purple Pinky, PolioPlus Campaign hosted recently for LA Online Academy students by the Rotary Club of Los Alamos in collaboration with LAPS.
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