On World Polio Day, Ada Sunrise Rotary heard from Rebecca Kennedy, who shared her family's experience living with polio, grounding the club's advocacy work in personal reality.
October 24, 2025 was World Polio Day, and Ada Sunrise Rotary marked the occasion with a program by Rebecca Kennedy, who shared what it has meant for her family to live with the effects of polio. Her story provided a powerful and personal context for the club's ongoing fundraising and advocacy in support of Rotary's End Polio Now campaign.
Polio is a viral disease that once paralyzed hundreds of thousands of children each year worldwide. Rotary International launched its PolioPlus program in 1985 and has been a driving force in reducing global polio cases by more than 99 percent. With continued vaccination efforts, full eradication remains within reach.
Hearing a firsthand account of polio's impact reminded members why sustained commitment to this cause matters, and why the work is not finished until the last case is gone.
