Organiser, Tom Hunt, was delighted with the response to Ludlow Rotary Club’s ‘Walk a Mile and donate £1 for Polio’ event held last Sunday (27 October).
Speaking at its conclusion, Tom said “We are grateful to all those who supported us on Sunday. Through their efforts, and with the support of the Gates Foundation, £1,150 was raised. This has been calculated as enough to save 5,750 children from polio.”
“Our primary purpose in holding the event was to raise the profile of efforts internationally by Rotary, along with other agencies, to eradicate this devastating disease worldwide. When the battle began some 40 years ago 350,000 children were being paralyzed by polio every year in 125 countries. Today, as a result of an intensive immunization programme, the incidence of polio has been reduced by 99.9% and the wild polio virus is now only endemic in Pakistan and Afghanistan where just 46 cases have been identified so far this year.”
“However, until the ultimate goal of eradication is achieved, huge numbers of children still have to receive their polio vaccinations each year.”
Polio is often described as the world’s forgotten disease and something that should have been made history a long time ago. Because of the efforts of Rotary and its partners over the years, nearly 19 million people who would otherwise have been paralysed are walking, and more than 1.5 million people are alive who would otherwise have died. Failure to eradicate polio could result in as many as 200,000 new cases worldwide every year within a decade.
Rotary members continue to be key players in many aspects of the polio programme including on the ground in a number of countries as well as fundraising and advocacy. When the world is finally declared polio free, it will be just the second human disease ever to be eradicated, after smallpox.
28/10/24. Barry Forrester
On Saturday 24th November we will be selling Mulled wine on the Market Square in Ludlow with the proceeds going to Help For Heroes. Please come and join us, enjoy a hot glass of mulled wine and support a great cause.
This is just a quick note to thank you and the rest of the Rotarians for organising the presentation night last Tuesday and for the kind donation to our funds.
Tasks include ticket sales on the gates, stewards around the grounds, marshals for the event rings, competition registry marshals, tea tent staff, and more. It is not all work, you will have time to see and enjoy some of the show as well as free refreshment including a packed lunch. After the day is over there will be an opportunity to wind-down, relax and get to know some of the other volunteers over a drink and some food. If you would like to be involved in a fun day out that raises a great deal of money for good causes, please contact Rotarian Angus Kerr at 
St Michael’s Hospice is an independent local charity dedicated to the support of patients and their families affected by a terminal illness. They offer a wide and increasing range of services to enable people to continue living as well as they can with their illness. All of their services are provided free of charge to anyone, regardless of their background. Care is provided on the Hospice’s Inpatient Ward, in its Day Services building or in the comfort of a patients’ own home. St Michael’s care is open to the whole of Herefordshire, and south Shropshire. A generous band of supporters help make this possible by setting-up their own fundraising activities or taking part in the Hospice’s numerous events. For for more details see 
Guide Dogs Ludlow Supporter Group are based at the regional centre for the national charity Guide Dogs for the Blind Association. The regional centre has been delivering Guide Dogs’ services in Staffordshire, Shropshire and the Black Country for over 10 years and their current guide dog owner base is 225 partnerships and they continue to see guide dog activities grow. The organisation is committed to helping people who are blind or partially sighted to lead more independent lives by promoting the most appropriate method of mobility assistance to meet their needs. Additionally, Guide Dogs is becoming more active in campaigning locally to promote the rights of people who are blind or partially sighted. 
Ludlow born and bred, nonagenerian Ruth Eades, nee Moreley, enjoys remebering her sister Joyce and Joyce’s husband Roy Wilton by making a dedication each year to the Ludlow Tree of Light. Ruth has been making dedications very year since the Tree of Light started in 2008 and sees it is an opportunity to remember happy times and show she still thinks of her sister and her sister’s family. Her message this year reads, Much loved sister Joyce and brother-in-law Roy. Greatly missed every day with love from Ruth
Clee Hill Community Academy is the first primary school local to Ludlow to join with Ludlow Rotary Club to establish a Rotakids club.
Extract from Bishop Hooper School Bulletin:
