Park at Leonda and we will walk from there, on the boardwalk towards Kew / Dights Falls.
Date:
Saturday 25 October 2025 10:30 AM - 2:30 PM
Location:
Leonda by the Yarra, 2 Wallen Road, Hawthorn Vic 3122
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Rotary’s Fight to End Polio
For more than 35 years, Rotary has been at the forefront of the global effort to end polio. Since the launch of PolioPlus in 1985, Rotary, together with partners like the World Health Organization, UNICEF, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, has helped reduce polio cases worldwide by more than 99.9%. Millions of children who might otherwise have been paralyzed by the disease are now living healthy, polio-free lives.
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