800 Miles to End Polio Now
Nov 12 - The Kyrene Corridor Rotary club of Tempe hit the trail
to help raise money to support the Stop polio now campaign. This hike helped raise money to provide
matching funds to the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation grant to support
Rotary's effort to eliminate polio from the plantet.
The group of 20 hikers traversed over 3.5 miles while some hiked over 8 miles and helped raise almost $3,200 toward the matching effort. Small clubs can have a global impact. If every rotary club world wide raised $3,200; Rotary would receive over $108 million dollars to support the stop polio now campaign.
A beautiful trail was mapped out along part of the Arizona trail near the Botanical Gardens off US 60. The hike presented beautiful vistas, geological diversity and even a range cow every now and then. The trail is part of Arizona's history in the navigation north to Utah and surrounding states from Mexico. It is well marked and well maintained and is a fantastic hike for people of all ages and physical stamina.