Commit Media And Rotary International Team Up For The Concert To End Polio
by ERICA LIEPMANN, Causecast Associate Editor
This December, world-renowned violinist Itzhak Perlman and the New York Philharmonic Orchestra will take the stage in New York’s Lincoln Center for the Concert to End Polio. The cause is especially close to Perlman’s heart, given his personal battle to overcome polio as a small child.
The concert is the joint effort of international humanitarian organization Rotary International and cause entertainment agency Commit Media. Rotary has been committed to eradicating polio for almost 20 years, since launching the Global Polio Eradication Initiative in 1988 with the World Health Organization, the Center for Disease Control and UNICEF.
Over the last 20 years, the fight against global polio has had incredible success. In the 1980s, polio affected a thousand new children around the world every day. Today, increasingly small numbers of new cases are reported each year. However, the fight isn’t over – polio still remains endemic in India, Pakistan, Nigeria and Afghanistan. Although it’s not over, Rotary and their partners believe polio will be beaten – and soon!
Join Rotary International and Commit Media and make your commitment to end polio now.
Tickets for the concert range from $70 to $200 dollars and are available for sale now. If you aren’t able to attend, you can still make a contribution toward the eradication of polio around the globe – you can even donate five dollars right from your cell phone. Your contribution will help Rotary International achieve their goal of $200 million to match the challenge of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s $355 million grants. These funds will go directly to provide polio vaccines around the world.
Photo of Lincoln Center by Listen Missy!, flickr.
- Posted by Causecast
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My husband and I have our tickets! I am a polio/post polio survivor who ran the 2009 Boston Marathon to bring awareness to polio/post polio and raise money for Spaulding Rehab Hospital where was treated for post polio syndrome. I am passionate about creating a world where every child is free from the effects of this crippling disease and can live healthy lives.