Herald - Issue 396

8th October 2020 • The HERALD • Page 13 v SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL BUSINESSES v Call for a FREE Quotation 023 8084 0257 www.gasworks.co.uk Visit our showroom at 299 Shirley Road, Southampton SO15 3HU 10% off BOILER SERVICE  (Quote Herald10) SP DECORATING Painting & Decorating Specialist Simon Perks Tel: 07889 091420 Email: simonperks@rocketmail.com • Interior & Exteriors • Wallpaper Hanging • Prompt & Reliable Service • Free Quotations & Expert Advice • Fully Insured Approved by Trading Standards Send your local news to The Editor, The Herald, 2 High Street, Hythe SO45 6AH or email editor@herald-publishing.co.uk Local Rotary Club Marks World Polio Day Hythe & Waterside Rotary will be one of thousands of Rotary clubs across the world taking action on World Polio Day ( Saturday 24th October ) to raise awareness, funds and support to end polio. is vaccine preventable disease still threatens children in parts of the world today. If polio is not eradicated it is estimated that within 10 years as many as 200,000 children annually all over the world could succumb to polio, including here in the UK. Globally, more than 2.5 billion children have been protected against the disease, which has reduced the number of cases by 99.9% from around 1,000 cases per day in 125 countries. Rotary has committed to raising US$50 million each year to support global polio eradication e orts and thanks to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation every £1 they raise is matched 2-to- 1 so is worth £3. InAugust, Rotary and theworld celebrated a signi cant milestone, as the World Health Organization certi ed the Africa region, which includes 47 countries, free from wild polio. is leaves just Pakistan and Afghanistan as the two remaining polio endemic countries in the world. But despite this momentous progress, more challenging work lies ahead to eradicate the disease for good. Ray Lewis, President of Hythe & Waterside Rotary commented: “We’re proud to be marking World Polio Day locally and recognising the work of Rotary and our partners and the millions of people involved in so many ways in the fight for a polio free world. Only together can we end polio, a virus that is still potentially just a plane ride away.” “We have seen how we need to work together when dealing with COVID-19 and we can all play our part. Our members remain committed to working with our community and our business partners to eliminate this potentially deadly virus and make Rotary’s dream of a polio free world a reality.” Because it is currently not possible for Rotarians to go out into the community to collect donations there is now a facility for textgiving and any amount can be given by texting POLIO with an amount to 70450. (For example text POLIO 3 to 70450 to donate £3). Texts cost one standard rate message plus your donation. To get involved in Rotary and make a di erence in your community and around the world, visit www.hythewatersiderotary.org or email secretary@ hythewatersiderotary.org If anyone has any croquet equipment to sell or donate, please contact Nick Hodshon on 023 8178 7454. Croquet Equipment Needed