The Ro­tary Club of San Fer­nan­do South held its first 5K po­lio run/walk on Oc­to­ber 22 to com­mem­o­rate World Po­lio Day, which was cel­e­brat­ed on Oc­to­ber 24. Scores of peo­ple par­tic­i­pat­ed in the event. This year’s theme is “Cre­ate Hope in the World”. The event was held to raise aware­ness about the im­por­tance of erad­i­cat­ing po­lio and to con­tribute to the glob­al ef­forts of Ro­tary In­ter­na­tion­al’s End Po­lio Now cam­paign.

The race start­ed at La­dy Hailes Av­enue, op­po­site Skin­ner Park, then on­to King’s Wharf, up to Chancery Lane, Rien­zi Kir­ton High­way, and end­ed in Skin­ner Park, where each par­tic­i­pant re­ceived a medal.

Pres­i­dent of the Ro­tary Club of San Fer­nan­do South De­Coursey Red­man ex­pressed grat­i­tude to every­one who par­tic­i­pat­ed in and sup­port­ed the in­au­gur­al 5K Po­lio Run/Walk.

“Your un­wa­ver­ing ded­i­ca­tion and com­mit­ment to cre­at­ing a po­lio-free world have con­tributed to a brighter fu­ture for all. To­geth­er, we have cre­at­ed hope and made a tan­gi­ble dif­fer­ence in the lives of those af­fect­ed by po­lio,” Red­man said.

He ex­tend­ed ap­pre­ci­a­tion to spon­sors, vol­un­teers, and com­mu­ni­ty part­ners for their in­valu­able sup­port.

“With­out their con­tri­bu­tions, this event would not have been pos­si­ble. To­geth­er, we con­tin­ue to cre­ate hope and work to­wards a world where po­lio is erad­i­cat­ed.”