WATERTOWN NOON ROTARY 14 TH ANNUAL SWIMARATHON

The Watertown Noon Rotary Club is excited to announce that the 14 th annual

Swimarathon to support polio eradication is coming up soon. The event will be held on

Sunday, March 2nd from 1-3 pm at the Watertown Family YMCA.

The swim originated in 2012 as part of the Rotary Global Swimarathon to raise

awareness of the threat that polio still presents. As a founding partner of the Global

Polio Eradication Initiative, Rotary International has been leading this effort since 1988.

Huge strides have been made but there are still cases of polio in Afghanistan and

Pakistan, and most recently the Middle East situation has compromised immunization

efforts there.

Members of the community are encouraged to sponsor a swimmer and are also invited

to come to the pool the day of the event to cheer the swimmers on. This year there will

be members of the Watertown High School and Y Blue Sharks swim teams

participating, as well as members of the Rotary Club. Donations will be accepted at the

event.

For more information and to donate online, go to https://portal.clubrunner.ca/9751.

Checks made out to The Rotary Foundation can also be mailed to the Watertown

Rotary Club at PO Box 6274, Watertown, NY 13601.