Still need more volunteers for 2 hours on October 19 to package food for famine relief. Nonprofit Rotary Club of San Marcos and international nonprofit Rise Against Hunger have partnered for 4 years now to purchase, package, and ship food to starving people.
It is helpful if people would register as a volunteer at the link below. You can bring family, friends, work groups, or whatever.
We have had volunteers from 8 to 80+ in past years. Some tasks are seated so inability to stand for hours is not a problem.
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The Rotary Club of San Marcos is sponsoring a Pints for Polio fundraiser at Zelicks Ice House on Wednesday, October 2 from 4:30-7 p.m. Zelicks is located at 222 W. Hopkins.
The goal of the event is to raise money for the polio vaccination of children in parts of the world where the virus is still present, including most recently Gaza in Palestine.
Rotary International has committed $500 million in partnership with the World Health Organization to vaccinate children in Gaza, after cases of the disease appeared recently. Regular vaccination programs for children in Gaza have been interrupted by war there.
San Marcos Rotary President Jessica Cousineau said that donations for polio are being matched 2 for 1 by the Gates Foundation. The club hopes to raise at least $1,500 which, with the match, will provide $4,500 for the program.
San Marcos Rotary President Jessica Cousineau said that donations for polio are being matched 2 for 1 by the Gates Foundation. The club hopes to raise at least $1,500 which, with the match, will provide $4,500 for the program.
The club is tying its fundraiser to World Polio Day on October 24. World Polio Day was established by Rotary International to commemorate the birth of Jonas Salk, who led the first team to develop a vaccine against poliomyelitis.
North and South America have been free of wild polio for 30 years. The only recent cases have involved individuals who became infected while traveling overseas. Until the recent Gaza cases, the only countries with wild polio in recent years have been Pakistan and Afghanistan, where conflicts have made vaccination efforts difficult.
Zelicks Ice House is the major sponsor of the Pints for Polio event. There is no admission charge and donations by attendees are voluntary.
North and South America have been free of wild polio for 30 years. The only recent cases have involved individuals who became infected while traveling overseas. Until the recent Gaza cases, the only countries with wild polio in recent years have been Pakistan and Afghanistan, where conflicts have made vaccination efforts difficult.
Zelicks Ice House is the major sponsor of the Pints for Polio event. There is no admission charge and donations by attendees are voluntary.
(from left) Rotary District 5840 Governor Kristen Salazar, former District Governor Monica Gutierrez and Neil Lewis, Academic and Program Coordinator of the San Antonio Peace Center stand beside the newly installed Peace Pole at Northwest Vista College. The Peace Pole was installed on World Peace Day, September 21. It is one of 250,000 Peace Poles around the world. Salazar said “installing the peace pole today was more than just a symbol of peace locally. The peace pole installed at the Northwest Vista campus is going to be the start of a compassion corridor that leads from San Antonio down to Monterey, Mexico.”
Rotary San Marcos is hosting a Pints for Polio event on Wednesday, October 2 from 4:30 - 7 p.m. at Zelick's Ice House, 336 W. Hopkins St.
Zelick's is making a donation to Polio, and attendees will be invited to make voluntary contributions.
All of the money raised will be sent to the Rotary Foundation to support their End Polio Now projects worldwide.
Many of you may know that Rotary and other world health organizations have mobilized in Gaza to deal with cases of wild polio there and are busy vaccinating children. They also continue their work to end polio in Pakistan and Afghanistan, the two countries that had been the last to report polio cases.
Come enjoy a cool beverage and share fellowship while helping to end polio.