World Polio Day

Rotarians Light Up Wheal Coates to celebrate World Polio Day


Rotarians Light Up Wheal Coates to celebrate World Polio Day

 

President Liz Johnson and members of the Rotary Club of St Agnes and St Piran ‘lit up’ Wheal Coates Engine House last evening in support of World Polio Day on 24th October.

 

The idea was born from newest member Chris Cox who transferred to the club last month. Chris, a two-time Past President himself, had the idea after seeing the article about the ‘Nearly Home Trees’ being lit up on the Cornish Border at Cookworthy Knapp. He commented ‘ With all the restrictions in place since the outbreak of Coronavirus it’s been difficult for charities such as Rotary not only to meet but to continue its great work serving the community and helping those in need. The call went out from Rotary International to think of something different to mark World Polio Day something that Rotary has championed since 1979 so he thought why not light up something in red, Wheal Coates is iconic in Cornish History, is a major tourist attraction and better still is on our patch ‘

 

President of the Club, Liz Johnson was thrilled at the idea and recommended support for the project which was duly taken up by the membership. Chris spoke to a friend of his, Richard Smith, who is the General Manager at Flambards, and very kindly arranged for his team to prepare two powerful LED red lights for the evening. Callestick Farm Ice Cream came up with a generator to power them and thanks to Sebastian and Angela Parker for not only the use but for bringing it all to Wheal Coates and setting the system up.

 

President Liz Johnson along with Vice President Seb, Rotarians Tom, Freddie, Colin, Ann and Chris posed, socially distanced, for a photocall with the Wheal Coates Engine lit up in red for the occasion.

Rotary has been working to eradicate polio for more than 35 years. Our goal of ridding the world of this disease is closer than ever.

As a founding partner of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, we've reduced polio cases by 99.9 percent since our first project to vaccinate children in the Philippines in 1979.

Rotary members have contributed more than $2.1 billion and countless volunteer hours to protect nearly 3 billion children in 122 countries from this paralyzing disease. Rotary’s advocacy efforts have played a role in decisions by governments to contribute more than $10 billion to the effort.

Today, polio remains endemic only in Afghanistan and Pakistan. But it’s crucial to continue working to keep other countries polio-free. If all eradication efforts stopped today, within 10 years, polio could paralyze as many as 200,000 children each year.

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