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Chris Anderson and Kevin Sixbey, of the Rotary Club of Jamestown as well as Kelly Dawson and Greg Leonard from the Rotary Club of Greater Jamestown AM, and Jim Andrews of the Rotary Club of Falconer participated in the 2nd Annual Pedal for Polio event on Saturday, October 23rd, 2021. Other riders and friends of Rotary, including Jake Schrantz and John O'Hagan, also participated in the bike ride to raise funds to help eradicate polio. The local bike ride started at McCrea Point on the Chadakoin River in Jamestown. The bike route followed approximately 24 miles through Celoron, Lakewood and Ashville over mostly flat terrain.
The “Best of Friends” District 7090 of Rotarians and community members pedaled/participated for polio eradication with the assistance of sponsorships and donations. Rotary International is a founding partner of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative and has reduced polio cases by 99.9 percent since its first project to vaccinate children in the Philippines in 1979.
More than 2.5 billion children in 122 countries have been vaccinated due to the valiant efforts of local and worldwide Rotary clubs. At the present time, Rotary has contributed more than $1.8 billion toward eradicating Polio. Rotarians will continue to fight against this debilitating and paralyzing disease until there are no new cases diagnosed, throughout the entire world for three years. Then the world can be declared Polio Free.
Rotary Immediate Past District Governor Frank Adamson challenged each Rotarian in the District to donate $50 and seek one additional donation of $50 from a friend, business, or family member.