HomeMy WebLinkAbout2015-10-24 World Polio Day �91A11�
• � 2 0
•I�cORPOR�T�9•
188II
Recognizing World Polio Day
Whereas, Rotary International and the Rotary Clubs of District 5950, including the Rotary Club of
Edina and the Rotary Club of Edina Morningside, have been engaged in a 30-year campaign to
eradicate Polio worldwide; and
Whereas, Rotary brings 105 years of history to this initiative. Its members are business,
professional and community leaders who provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical
standards, and help build goodwill and peace in the world. Thirty-two thousand Rotary clubs
located in more than 200 countries and geographical areas build coalitions and initiate service
projects to address today's challenges, including illiteracy, disease, hunger, poverty, lack of clean
water, and environmental concerns; and
Whereas, when Rotary began its mission to eradicate polio, more than 350,000 children in 125
countries were stricken with polio every year, and nearly 1,000 people were affected by the
• crippling disease every day. Since then, polio cases have been reduced by 99 percent to 359 cases in
2014; and
Whereas, today only two countries—Afghanistan and Pakistan - remain polio-endemic. Due to the
efforts of Rotary and its partners, the world is on the threshold of ending polio forever, making it
only the second disease after smallpox to be eradicated; and
Whereas, public awareness, advocacy and funding remain crucial to Rotary and its partners, the
World Health Organization, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and UNICEF;
Now, Therefore, Be It Proclaimed by the City Council of the City of Edina, that the City
Council recognizes:
October 24, 2015, as World Polio Day in the City of Edina.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set by han an caused the Seal of the City of Edina
to be affixed this 20th day of October in the year of our Lo t o ousand fifteen.
• James B. Hovland, Mayor