--- Phil White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Subject: Polio fundraiser
> Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2008 12:32:48 -0400
> From: "Phil White" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>
> PRESS RELEASE
>
>
> For Immediate Release June 9, 2008
> >
> Contact:
>
> Bettsie Park, Secretary, Ithaca Rotary Club,
> 607-272-4902,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Ken Jupiter,
> co-owner, 15 STEPS, 607-272-4902, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> Dale Flinn, President, Ithaca Rotary Club,
> 607-533-4671 (evenings),
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>
> COMMUNITY SALE DAY, JUNE 14, 2008
>
>
> The Ithaca Rotary Club, in partnership with the
> Center Ithaca Merchants,
> announces a fundraiser to finish the job of
> eradicating polio from this
> planet.
>
>
> The Center Ithaca Merchants - 15 STEPS, The Goat
> Boy, Fibers,
>
> 10,000 Villages and Habitat - will donate 10% of
> their sales on Saturday
> June 14, to the Ithaca Rotary Club, towards the very
> attainable goal of
> eliminating the wild polio virus, once and for all.
>
>
> 15 STEPS co-owner, Ken Jupiter, has personal
> experience with this
> dreaded disease. His mother contracted polio in
> 1952, and although she
> was completely cured, the physical agony for her and
> the stress on the
> family was huge. When hearing of the opportunity to
> help Rotary wipe
> out polio, Jupiter was enthusiastic and knew that
> fellow Center Ithaca
> Merchants would love to be on board.
>
>
>
> Rotary International has been in the forefront of
> the battle to
> eradicate polio from our world. In the 1980's, the
> disease infected
> children in over 125 countries. Today, polio cases
> have declined by 99%
> and the wild polio virus has been reported in only
> three countries.
>
>
>
> Rotary's US $100 Million Challenge, a three-year
> fundraising commitment,
> is the Rotary Foundation's response to the $100
> million grant from the
> Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to help support
> polio eradication.
> Every dollar given to Polio Plus during the next
> three years will be
> counted toward the $100 million match.
>
>
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