Rotary Club of LaSalle Centennial Raises Over $6,956 To Fight Polio
This year, the Rotary Club of LaSalle Centennial raised $2,318.95 through their Pizza for Polio campaign.
This total will be matched 2 to 1 by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, resulting in a grand total of $6,956.85 for the fight to end polio through the Global Polio Eradication Initiative.
The Rotary Club of LaSalle Centennial would like to thank these participating pizzerias and all their customers who purchased pizza in support of World Polio Day. On October 21, each of the following pizzerias generously donated a portion of their sales to our annual Pizza for Polio fundraiser . . .
- Antonino’s Original Pizza – All 5 Locations
- Bullseye Pizza – LaSalle
- Capri Pizzeria – LaSalle, South Windsor & Forest Glade
- Oven 360 – LaSalle & South Windsor
- OG Pizza – LaSalle
- Slice of Pi – LaSalle
The Global Polio Eradication Initiative is a public-private partnership led by national governments with five partners – the World Health Organization (WHO), Rotary International, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Its goal is to eradicate polio worldwide.
Polio remains endemic in two countries – Afghanistan and Pakistan. Until poliovirus transmission is interrupted in these countries, all countries remain at risk of importation of polio, especially vulnerable countries with weak public health and immunization services and travel or trade links to endemic countries. When this disease is eradicated, it will be only the second disease to be wiped off the face of the earth, the first being smallpox.