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44 walk in Washington Park in for Ottawa Noon and Sunrise Rotary’s polio campaign · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  44 Walk in Washington Park in for Ottawa Noon and Sunrise Rotary's
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  polio campaign. Written by Michael Urbanet. This article is being
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  read by an automated voice, brought to you by Everlet. About 44
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  people walked from Washington Park on Saturday morning to raise money and
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  awareness for the effort to end polio in an event coordinated by
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  the Ottawa Noon Rotary and Sunrise Rotary Clubs. The Ottawa Walk was
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  part of the world's largest polio walk, in which rotary clubs around
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  the world took part, according to the clubs. Rotary has worked to
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  eradicate polio for more than 45 years, and has helped reduce cases
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  worldwide by 99.9, the club said. Polio remains endemic only in Afghanistan
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  and Pakistan, according to the release. If all eradication efforts stopped, polio
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  could paralyze as many as 200,000 children a year within ten years,
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  the club said. Donations are accepted through the Rotary Foundation website, rotary.org
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  slash who dash we dash or slash the dash Rotary Dash Foundation.