Rotary Club of Lincoln marked historic progress toward a polio free world, while urging community support to end the paralyzing disease. This event was among thousands to be held by Rotary across the globe on World Polio Day. Joined by the Mayor, some councilors and staff raised the " END POLIO NOW" flag at Town of Lincoln, Ontario .
The flag was raised in honour of World Polio Day Oct 24. The flag will be flown for two weeks to raise awareness, funds and support to end polio- a vaccine preventable disease that Rotarians around the world are striving to eradicate from the world. Since Rotary and its partners launched the Polio Eradication Initiative in 1988 the incidence of polio has plummeted by more than 99.9%.