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In Praise of Purple Pinkies: Mountaintop Rotary Club
Written By: Robin King Austin - Mountaintop Rotary | Issue: 2020/12 - December
October was Polio Month for Mountaintop Rotary of Highlands. The Rotary program to eradicate polio was started in 1989 when over 1,000 children a day were being paralyzed by the disease around the world.
October was Polio Month for Mountaintop Rotary of Highlands. The Rotary program to eradicate polio was started in 1989 when over 1,000 children a day were being paralyzed by the disease around the world.
An annual effort to fund the vaccination program has enabled Rotary Volunteers to drop life saving drops of vaccine into billions of children’s mouths. A bright spot in 2020 was the declaration that Africa was now Polio free. Only two countries still have live polio – Pakistan and Afghanistan. We are very close to eradicating this disease from our planet.
The Mountaintop Rotary campaign culminated in a celebration of World Polio Day on October 24. Purple Pinkies signify that a child has been vaccinated on Immunization Days around the world. Children at the event had their pinkies colored in remembrance.
Mountaintop Rotary would like to thank the following generous donors for their help to fund vaccinations for over 16,600 children:
Brysons Grocery Jim Bryson for saving 1000 children from Polio!!!!; Potpourri ,500 children; Brysons Grading, 500 children; Allison Diane Clothing, 500 children; TJ Bailey, 500 children; Dr. Steve Baumrucker, 500 children; The Ugly Dog, 500 children; Dr Scott Baker & Becky Baker, 625 children; Mitchells Lodge, 500 children; Highlands Cable Group, 500 children; Ann Forshee, 500 children; The Brinsons, 500 children; Neumann Law Office, 500 children; The Business Spot, 500 children; Carol King and Associates Highlands, 500 children; David Bock Builders, 500 children; Ann Forshee, 500 children; Cynthia Dendy 250 children; Don Leons Restaurant, 200 children; Mill Creek Gallery, 200 Children; Zach Claxton, 50 children; Vivian Brewer, 100 children; Althea Bleckly. 500 children; Debra Kerrigan, 50 children; Sherry Benford, 500 children; Madison Minus, 150 children; Betsy Carson, 250 children;
Mountaintop Rotarians John Baumrucker, 625 children; Bill Zoellner, 625 children; Frank Oliver, 500 children; JC Tax and Bookkeeping Jennifer Cambrook, 500 children; Michael Burel & Michael Crowe, 500 children; Rick Hildbold, 500 children;Michael Mavrek, 500 children; Australis Valde Jeffrey Owens, 500 children; Clark Plexico, 500 children; Robin King Austin, 500 children; Jeannie S. Chambers, 275 children; Robin Phillips, 100 children; Karie McClure, 250 children; Karen Armor, 250 children; and Faye Lockard, 250 children.
