Local Rotary Club members met up with members of council for a flag raising on Monday morning to mark the End Polio Now campaign. Those in attendance had their pinky nails painted purple, which is how the team marks children who have received the Polio vaccine during clinics. Photo and story courtesy of Erika Engel/CollingwoodToday
Rotary launched the PolioPlus program in 1985 with a promise to children everywhere that one day, they won’t have to fear being paralyzed by polio. It has been a long and challenging endeavour to contain wild poliovirus to just two countries, Afghanistan and Pakistan.
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