Mitchelton Rotary Club members joined with other Rotarians from District 9620, family and friends for a Risely Cluster event as part of Rotary International’s World Polio Day celebration scheduled for 24^th October 2024.

The Rotary host for the event was the Brisbane Inner North Rotary Club President Chris Goninon.

Rotary Clubs represented in addition to Mitchelton and Brisbane Inner North, included Samford Valley, Ashgrove The Gap, Pine Rivers, Hamilton, Paddington and Albany Creek.

With over 40 people in attendance, the audience enjoyed presentation by our keynote speaker Bruce Mc Naught from Brisbane Rotary Club speaking on the topic of eradicating polio in the World by 2026.

Bruce is a survivor of childhood polio so has lived experience of the impacts of polio and the worldwide benefits of polio immunizations campaigns. Eradicating Polio has been the largest project Rotary has ever embarked upon, and we are close to eradicating polio worldwide.

Mitchelton Rotary Club was pleased to be able to host Ian Kidd the President of the West Brisbane Orchid Society, as the Society had donated $1,000 to the End Polio Now campaign, following a donation request from Mitchelton Rotary Club Board Member Josephine Pritchard. Bruce Mc Naught received the donation from Ian Kidd during the event and thanked the Orchid Society for their donation.

Mitchelton Rotary Club has matched the West Brisbane Orchid Society donation of $1,000 to the End Polio Now campaign.