Polio is just a plane ride away. Any form of poliovirus anywhere is a threat to children everywhere.
Recently, vaccine derived polio virus type 2 was detected in the environmental samples in London. And in the state of New York, one case of paralytic polio was identified and more virus was found in environmental samples in the greater New York metropolitan area. Click HERE to learn more about these recent developments.
Here is your chance to look cool AND raise funds for our fight against polio! Make a $1,000 donation to PolioPlus and you can order these amazing Purple Sneakers to show your support for eradicating Polio. Your dollars will be matched $2-to-$1 by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
And be sure to wear your purple kicks to the Rotary Institute in Salt Lake City in November! Our journey to eradicate polio is not over; we must be relentless in our fight against this deadly virus.
For informational fliers on how to donate to receive your sneakers, click here.
