Rotary hears presentation about PolioPlus program
Richard Porter, Plainview Rotary Club
Dec. 17, 2020
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Plainview Rotarians got together for their weekly meeting Tuesday via Zoom as a precaution as the holiday season approaches.
The program for the day was presented by club member Charles Starnes, Plainview mayor and Wayland Baptist University professor. Starnes gave a presentation on Rotary’s PolioPlus program, developed to eradicate the disease.
The international organization began its fight against polio in the Philippines in 1979 and PolioPlus was launched in 1985. The program is funded in part through donations from organization members and in 1989, The Plainview Rotary Club pledged $153,500 to the program. The club still makes weekly donations.