BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//github.com/ical-org/ical.net//NONSGML ical.net 5.1.4//EN VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Please be invited to our next community service project to reco gnize World Polio Day at Hin Lek Fai Community Hospital from 9:30 – 10:3 0 am on 14 October. The medical staff are going to vaccinate 40 to 50 infa nts from ages one to two months and children up to two years against the p olio virus and other required vaccinations. Our club is going to provide t he families with sets of items including toys\, blankets\, baby soap\, bab y bottles\, drinking water and brochures emphasizing the importance of the polio vaccination. Please note that we are not going to have a club lunch meeting on 14 October. Be sure to register your attendance on our Club Ru nner website as usual and we hope to see you there! Dress code: Smart casu al\, Rotary shirt or red End Polio Now shirt   About World Polio Day and Rotary International The eradication of polio is one of Rotary Internation al’s longest standing and most significant efforts. Along with our partn ers\, we have helped immunize more than 2.5 billion children against polio in 122 countries\, and have reduced polio cases by 99.9 percent worldwide . In 1985\, Rotary launched PolioPlus\, the first and largest internationa lly coordinated private-sector support of a public health initiative\, wit h an initial fundraising target of USD 120 million. Next\, Rotary and the World Health Organization launched the Global Polio Eradication Initiative in 1988 when there were an estimated 350\,000 cases of polio in 125 count ries. World Polio Day is on 24 October every year and Rotary activities ar e conducted in October to raise awareness of the importance of polio vacci nations to protect every child from this devastating disease\, and to cele brate the many parents\, professionals and volunteers whose contributions have made polio eradication achievable. DTEND:20251014T033000Z DTSTAMP:20261027T005644Z DTSTART:20251014T023000Z LOCATION:Hin Lek Fai Community Hospital SEQUENCE:1 SUMMARY:World Polio Day Project UID:fd2f9e05-633b-4dd6-b955-35dc36b57418 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Please be invited to our next community ser vice project to recognize World Polio Day at Hin Lek Fai Community Hospita l from 9:30 &ndash\; 10:30 am on 14 October. The medical staff are going to vaccinate 40 to 50 infants from ages one to two months and childr en up to two years against the polio virus and other required vaccinations .

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Our club is going to provide the families with sets of items i ncluding toys\, blankets\, baby soap\, baby bottles\, drinking water and b rochures emphasizing the importance of the polio vaccination. Please no te that we are not going to have a club lunch meeting on 14 October.\n\n

Be sure to register your attendance on our Club Runner website as usual and we hope to see you there!

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Dress code: Smart casual\, Rotary shirt or red End Polio Now shirt

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Abo ut World Polio Day and Rotary International

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The eradication of polio is one of Rotary International&rsquo\;s longest standing and most significant efforts. Along with our partners\, we have helped immunize mo re than 2.5 billion children against polio in 122 countries\, and have red uced polio cases by 99.9 percent worldwide.

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In 1985\, Rotary lau nched PolioPlus\, the first and largest internationally coordinated privat e-sector support of a public health initiative\, with an initial fundraisi ng target of USD 120 million. Next\, Rotary and the World Health Organizat ion launched the Global Polio Eradication Initiative in 1988 when there we re an estimated 350\,000 cases of polio in 125 countries.

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World Polio Day is on 24 October every year and Rotary activities are conducted in October to raise awareness of the importance of polio vaccinations to p rotect every child from this devastating disease\, and to celebrate the ma ny parents\, professionals and volunteers whose contributions have made po lio eradication achievable.

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