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Grove Interact which is made up of students at Grove Junior High School located in Elk Grove Village organized a fund raiser to help eradicate Polio. Pennies for Polio was a fund raiser that students and staff donated to during lunch hours and between classes. The Interact kids raised about $168. The Elk Grove Rotary Club which sponsors the club matched the funds to bring the total to $336. The kids then sent the contribution to Rotary International where The Bill Gates Foundation will do a two to one match which means an additional $672 will be added to the $334. The total contribution to help eradicate Polio is over $1000. This was a great fundraiser but was also a great way to raise awareness that Polio which was once fairly common here in the 50's and 60's is still a concern is some regions of the world.