HR 251 — A Resolution recognizing October 24, 2025, as "World Polio Day" in Pennsylvania.

PRINTER'S NO.   1839

                  THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



           HOUSE RESOLUTION
              No. 251
                                                Session of
                                                  2025

     INTRODUCED BY RAPP, ZIMMERMAN, PICKETT, GLEIM, COOPER, RIVERA,
        CEPEDA-FREYTIZ, KAUFFMAN, CAUSER, VENKAT, ROWE, NEILSON,
        VITALI AND HADDOCK, JUNE 3, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, JUNE 4, 2025


                               A RESOLUTION
 1   Recognizing October 24, 2025, as "World Polio Day" in
 2      Pennsylvania.
 3      WHEREAS, Rotary is a global network of neighbors, friends,
 4   leaders and problem-solvers who unite and take action to create
 5   lasting change in communities across the world; and
 6      WHEREAS, The Rotary motto, "Service Above Self," inspires
 7   members to provide humanitarian service, follow high ethical
 8   standards and promote goodwill and peace in the world; and
 9      WHEREAS, In 1985, Rotary launched PolioPlus and in 1988
10   helped establish the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, which
11   today includes the World Health Organization, the Centers for
12   Disease Control and Prevention, UNICEF, the Bill & Melinda Gates
13   Foundation and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, to immunize the
14   children of the world against polio; and
15      WHEREAS, Polio cases have dropped by 99.9% since 1988 and the
16   world stands on the threshold of eradicating the disease; and
17      WHEREAS, To date Rotary has contributed more than $2.6
 1   billion and countless volunteer hours to protecting more than 3
 2   billion children in 122 countries; and
 3      WHEREAS, Rotary is working to raise an additional $50 million
 4   per year over three years that would be leveraged for maximum
 5   impact with every dollar to be matched with two additional
 6   dollars from the Gates Foundation, which would amount to $450
 7   million total; and
 8      WHEREAS, These efforts are providing much-needed operational
 9   support, medical staff, laboratory equipment and educational
10   materials for health workers and parents; and
11      WHEREAS, In addition, Rotary has played a major role in
12   decisions by donor governments to contribute more than $10
13   billion to the effort; and
14      WHEREAS, There are more than 1.4 million Rotary members in
15   more than 46,000 clubs throughout the world that sponsor service
16   projects to address such critical issues as poverty, disease,
17   hunger, illiteracy and the environment in their local
18   communities and abroad; therefore be it
19      RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives recognize October
20   24, 2025, as "World Polio Day" in Pennsylvania; and be it
21   further
22      RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives encourage all
23   citizens to join Rotary International in the fight for a polio-
24   free world.




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