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End Polio Now… That is the name of a campaign, begun by Rotary International in 1985, to rid the world of the debilitating disease polio. Since 1988 it has worked in partnership with the World Health Organisation, local agencies and, more recently, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Rotary in Harpenden have been a regular contributor to the campaign, donating a share of the money raised by our annual Quiz of Quizzes event. During the Covid pandemic, when we could not hold the quiz, we donated the proceeds from our virtual balloon race to the campaign.
Working together, the medical authorities in Pakistan and Afghanistan are making great strides in vaccinating children against polio. Only in those two countries does wild poliovirus remain endemic. Rotary in Harpenden will maintain their fundraising efforts in support
Find out more on the End Polio website.
Latest news
Rotary Classics shine again
Harpenden townsfolk, along with many others from afar, spilled on to Harpenden Common last month for the 32nd annual Rotary in Harpenden Classics on the Common.
Their prize: the opportunity to marvel at the 800 sparkling classic cars, motorbikes and scooters, ranged across the common.
‘We all absolutely loved doing it,’ said the Dragons
That comment summed up how everyone felt at this year’s Dragons’ Den at High Beeches Primary School. The winning team had created handmade customised jewellery which the Dragons felt would really attract buyers at the school’s Summer Fair.
