The two Rotary Districts covering the Sydney region are holding our annual train ride to raise funds to End Polio. This involves the organisers riding the train and stopping at every station across Sydney.
Members from each Rotary club board the train and have a certificate showing how much their club will donate to End Polio. Last year we raised around $100,000. No monies are collected during the train ride from Rotarians or the public.
This event will be held on World Polio Day 24th of October and in the Illawarra on the 23rd of October.
Rotary International established the Global Polio Eradication Initiative over 30 years ago with the goal of ensuring that no child anywhere will ever again be paralysed by any form of poliovirus.
With our six partners which include the World Health Organisation and the Bill Gates Foundation, we have restricted the cases of polio to two last countries – Afghanistan and Pakistan. However, the risk is that if we do not eradicate polio completely, within 10 years there could be 200,000 cases around the world including Australia.
We are seeking your support to increase the awareness about this Initiative by joining the train ride for one or two stations within your electorate. While you are on the train, we will be taking photos with yourself and the Rotarians doing the train ride and will send these to you. They will also be posted on each Rotary District’s websites as well as local club websites.
The attached timetable shows the stations and times for the duration of the train ride. We would be delighted to welcome you on board if you are available to join us!
RSVP: 14th October to our District End Polio Chairs Margaret Noonan on noonan0011@gmail.com and Dave Anderson dave.anderson@transport.nsw.gov.au
