World Polio Day is celebrated each year on October 24th to raise awareness of polio eradication efforts, celebrate the progress that has been made in reducing polio cases, and encourage continued support and momentum to ultimately end polio worldwide. The document provides information on how to get involved by creating or participating in events, fundraising ideas, available promotional materials, past participation statistics, and suggested actions and hashtags to use on social media.

1. CELEBRATING
WORLD POLIO DAY
June 2022

2. endpolio.org/world-polio-day

3. World Polio Day
Why do we celebrate?
• Create awareness
• Celebrate our progress
• Keep up momentum
• Practice for END OF POLIO

4. GETTING STARTED
• Create a new event
• Participate in an existing event
• Online Fundraiser through Raise for
Rotary
• Host a Virtual Reality event

5. PROMOTE YOUR EVENT
endpolio.org/resources
• Social graphics
• Sample Messages
• Sample Invites
• Invitations
• Banners
• Event guide

6. GLOBAL PARTICIPATION
• 4,262 Rotary, Rotaract and Interact clubs in
119 countries participated
• 17M people reached across all Rotary social
media platforms
• Social media posts from GPEI partners and 10
influencers, for an estimated reach of 3.8M

7. THREE ACTIONS
• Learn
• Share
• Donate
HASHTAGS
• #endpolio
• #WorldPolioDay

8. QUESTIONS?