Ride the Train to End Polio

14/11/2025

To everyone who bought a T-shirt, rode the train and helped us create awareness of this campaign - THANK YOU from 187,500 children you will never meet but who you have given the opportunity to be free from Polio. 🥰

13/11/2025

Perform a random act of kindness today - you never know where it will lead.
Here are 7 ways to make kindness the norm in your daily life:
1. Send a surprise voice note instead of text.
2. Compliment three strangers.
3. Be a 'life-lifter' by taking something off someone's plate.
4. Let them merge into traffic.
5. Share gratitude 'shout-outs' on social media.
6. Leave sticky notes with inspirational messages in public places.
7. Do something to intentionally make yourself smile - it's catching!

11/11/2025

Why Zero matters.

Polio cases have been reduced by 99.9% worldwide since 1988. But continuing efforts to end the disease are critical to eradicating polio for good. We've immu...

11/11/2025

Why we must never get complacent about Polio and continue to work towards eradicating it!
Why? Because CANADA has just lost its measles-free status after failing to get on top of an outbreak that’s infected thousands of people over the past year, with the US on track to follow suit. Canada eliminated measles - an extremely contagious disease that causes rashes, fevers, and sometimes life-threatening complications - in 1998 after a widespread vaccination campaign.
Here in Oz, we became measles-free in 2014, but a growing number of cases is threatening that, and health officials are mightily worried.
Please do not underestimate the power we have to remain vigilant and safeguard our children and their future.

28/10/2025

The Post Polio Network of WA (Inc) was established in 1989 in response to the needs of West Australians suffering the long term after effects of poliomyelitis, also known as post polio syndrome.
This organisation is a voluntary not-for profit charity run by polio survivors and allied health professionals. Membership of the Network is limited to polio survivors and their families. The services provided are funded by membership fees, donations and accumulated funds.
If you are interested or know someone who would be, you can become a member by visiting their site or contacting them at:
Post Polio Network of WA (Inc.)
[email protected]
0404 468 895

Empowering survivors for a brighter future. The Post Polio Network of WA (Inc) is a voluntary not-for profit charity run by polio survivors and allied health professionals. Membership of the Network is limited to polio survivors and their families. The services provided are funded by membership fees...

28/10/2025

It's time the we all learned more about Polio and how it affected the world.

On 23 October, the British Polio Fellowship (BPF) hosted one of its most popular Zoom Café events, featuring guest speaker Susan Schoenbeck, MSN, RN, in celebration of Jonas Salk, the developer of the first successful polio vaccine.Attendees responded extremely positively, congratulating Susan on h...

28/10/2025

On 23 October, the British Polio Fellowship (BPF) hosted one of its most popular Zoom Café events, featuring guest speaker Susan Schoenbeck, MSN, RN, in celebration of Jonas Salk, the developer of the first successful polio vaccine.Attendees responded extremely positively, congratulating Susan on h...

28/10/2025

How amazing is this?
It's time the world learned more about Polio and how we overcame this terrible disease.

On 23 October, the British Polio Fellowship (BPF) hosted one of its most popular Zoom Café events, featuring guest speaker Susan Schoenbeck, MSN, RN, in celebration of Jonas Salk, the developer of the first successful polio vaccine.Attendees responded extremely positively, congratulating Susan on h...

28/10/2025

SHOUT OUT to Rotarian Christine Tonkin from Cambridge Rotary Club.
Christine covered 76 train stations on Friday and travelled on the three newest lines: High Wycombe, Ellenbrook, Byford and Thornlie-Cockburn.
She said it was heaps of fun but only saw one other "End Polio Now" campaigner, on another platform just as her train was leaving the Station on the return to Subiaco!
Christine sponsored herself and raised funds for End Polio campaign.
Well done Christine!

28/10/2025

WOW! The Rotary Club of Belmont completed 215 stations plus public appearances around the city, the Joondalup shopping centre and Fremantle (lunch stops).
David Bennett and Mike Winslade passed the DG and cohorts from Mill Point RC on the esclators in Joondalup shopping centre but not enough time to get a photo!
Well done Belmont RC!

24/10/2025

Who would have thought our campaign to End Polio would reach as far as China?
Here are Brian and Siew Johnson Riding the Train to End Polio, from Mill Point Rotary Club on the Bullet train from Chongqing to Guilin in china!
Well done!
How far did YOU get?

21/10/2025

This is Terry McAuliffe whose personal story is as a survivor of Polio.
Terry contracted Polio in 1951 when he was only 15 months of age and had a fever for 2-3 days. Terry was admitted to hospital where he was in isolation for 3 months. His parents were not allowed to touch him and could only observe through a small glass window.
Terry's powerful story of contracting polio at 15 months old and his journey to recovery is inspiring. Despite physical challenges, he excelled in sports and found strength. Forty years later, confronting repressed memories through Clinical Pastoral Education helped him understand his trauma and grow stronger.
Join with us on Friday as we wear our Red End Polio T-shirts and raise awareness of this disease.
Some were not as lucky as Terry.
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