The Sauk Valley area Rotary Clubs joined in the effort of Rotary worldwide to eradicate polio since the 1980s. The Tenth Annual End Polio Now Walk was held Saturday, October 11, at Centennial Park along the Hennepin Canal to create an awareness of how close the eradication is for only the second disease ever being eradicated worldwide- small pox being the first. Rotary members of the local clubs of Dixon, Morrison, Rock Falls, Sterling Noon, Twin Cities Sunrise, and Walnut joined in gathering funds from their members for a total of $4,784.00 which is then tripled thanks to the Gates Foundation for a total of $14,352.00.  

 

World Polio Awareness Day is October 24 worldwide. Next year in 2026 on that very day of October 24 which is a Saturday the largest End Polio Now Walk is going to take place throughout the midwest in this Rotary zone at 10 a.m.  The public will be invited to participate and be a part of the legacy in the eradication of polio in the many communities of the many states of this central USA! And The  Eleventh Annual End Polio Now Walk will again take place locally at Centennial Park in Rock Falls!

 

Members of the six Rotary Clubs of Dixon, Morrison, Rock Falls, Sterling Noon, Twin Cities Sunrise, and Walnut joined in the Tenth Annual End Polio Now Walk on October 11 along the Hennepin Canal in Rock Falls to create an awareness of the effort to eradicate polio from our world.