(Photo above: Cort Vaughan, Tonya Vaughan, Jeff Kozimore, Carol Woodard-Kozimore by Todd Carey of Greater Bend Rotary)
On March 4, 2-6pm in support of an international Rotary effort to eradicate polio, The Rotary Club of Greater Bend will again offer Pints for Polio. Participants will get a sampling of craft beers from over a dozen participating pubs.
Cost is $25 per person, and all proceeds from the event go to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, which funds children’s vaccinations worldwide. All funds will be matched 2 to 1 by the Gates Foundation. Attendees will receive a commemorative End Polio Now cup and a map to the participating pubs. Each pub will pour a six-ounce taste of beer.
Check-in at Summit Saloon, 125 NW Oregon Ave., Bend.
Participating Pubs and Breweries:
Bend Brewing
J Dubs
Sidelines
Summit Saloon
White Water Taproom
Deschutes Brewery
McMenamins
The Wine Shop
Aspect Boards & Brews
10 Barrel Brewing Company
Primal Cuts Market
Sunriver Brewing – Bend
Atlas Cider
Craft Kitchen & Brew
Spoken Moto
Silver Moon
For more information or to register, go to www.PintsforPolio.org or call Cort Vaughan (Polio Survivor) at 541-408-7651.
The Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) is committed to achieving a polio-free world. Rotary is a spearheading partner in the GPEI, along with the World Health Organization, UNICEF, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Gates Foundation. The goal of the initiative is the global certification of polio eradication.
Through the work of GPEI, more than five million people, mainly in the developing world, who would otherwise have been paralyzed, are walking because they have been immunized against polio, and more than 500,000 cases of polio are prevented each year due to the efforts of governments and GPEI partnership. Transmission of the polio virus has been stopped in all but three countries – Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Nigeria – and the virus is being contained within increasingly smaller geographic areas within those countries.
