Pizza For Polio - Jet's Pizza Lake Orion

The Lake Orion Sunrise Rotary Club will mark historic progress toward a polio-free world while urging the community to help end the paralyzing disease 

Event is among thousands to be held by Rotary clubs around the world on World Polio Day, 24 October

Rotary members in Lake Orion, MI are taking action in recognition of World Polio Day to raise awareness, funds, and support to end polio, a vaccine-preventable disease that still threatens children in parts of the world today.   

This year Lake Orion Sunrise Rotary and Jet's Pizza are teaming up to increase our local efforts to help win the fight against polio.

WHAT: Pizza for Polio - a portion of all proceeds will be donated to Lake Orion Sunrise Rotary

WHEN: October 27th, 2020 - All Day!

WHERE: Jet's Pizza - 1091 S. Lapeer Rd, Lake Orion, MI - 248-814-7559

When Rotary and its partners launched the Global Polio Eradication Initiative in 1988, there were 350,000 cases of polio in 125 countries every year. We’ve made great progress against the disease since then. Today, polio cases have been reduced by 99.9 percent, and just two countries continue to report cases of wild poliovirus: Afghanistan and Pakistan. And we remain committed to the end.

With polio nearly eradicated, Rotary and its partners must sustain this progress and continue to reach every child with the polio vaccine. Without full funding and political commitment, this paralyzing disease could return to polio-free countries, putting children everywhere at risk. Rotary has committed to raising US$50 million each year to support global polio eradication efforts. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has pledged to match that 2-to-1, for a total yearly contribution of $150 million. 

Rotary has contributed more than $2.1 billion to ending polio since 1985.

About Rotary

Rotary is a global network of 1.2 million neighbors, friends, leaders, and problem-solvers who unite and take action to create lasting change in communities around the globe. For more than 110 years, Rotary’s people of action have used their passion, energy, and intelligence to improve lives through service. From promoting literacy and peace to providing clean water and improving health care, Rotary members are always working to better the world. Visit endpolio.org to learn more about Rotary and the fight to eradicate polio.