The Catskill Chronicle

LIBERTY, NY – For the past 2 years the Liberty and Livingston Manor Rotary Clubs have teamed up to raise money for Rotary International’s Polio Eradication Campaign. This year the two clubs will be holding their third Annual Polio Eradication Campaign Dinner on Friday, November 5 at Albert’s Liberty House Restaurant.

The evening will begin at 6:00 p.m. with a cash bar followed by a buffet dinner being served at 7:00.

This year the clubs will be honoring long time Liberty Rotarian and respected community member Bob Blank (photo left) who has actively supported Rotary International’s efforts to rid the world of polio, as well as numerous other international, regional and local community projects.

The evening will also feature a spectacular silent auction that will also benefit the Polio Eradication Campaign.

Rotary is a volunteer service organization of 1.2 million men and women worldwide who made a commitment to immunize the world’s children against polio in 1985, and became a spearheading partner in the Global Polio Eradication Initiative three years later. The other partners are the World Health Organization, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and UNICEF.

Rotary’s primary responsibilities include fundraising, advocacy and volunteer recruitment. To date, rotary has already contributed more than $800 million to the polio eradication effort. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will be matching the donation to the District 7210 Polio Eradication Campaign.

The donation for the event is $40 per person. “This will be a great night to share Rotary friendship, honor a fine community member and have a good time, while helping eliminate the scourge of polio from the world,” said Bob Freedman, Livingston Manor’s Rotary Foundation Chairman.

For more information or to make a reservation, please contact the event co-chairs Sue Kraycer Liberty Rotary Polio Eradication Campaign Chairperson at 845 701-1799 or suekraycer@hotmail.com or Bob Freedman, at 845 439-5708 or mrfreed@aol.com.

For more information on Rotary’s Polio Eradication Campaign go to:

http://www.rotary.org/en/EndPolio/Pages/ridefault.aspx

http://www.rotarypolioplusindia.org/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotary_International