A monument has been unveiled at Tuskegee University in remembrance of Henrietta Lacks and how HeLa cells transformed the fight against polio.
Today is World Polio Day and the Montgomery Rotary Club hosted its annual “Purple Pinkie Project” Donut Drive to raise funds for those countries where polio still threatens children.
A monument has been unveiled at Tuskegee University in recognition of its efforts in the development of the polio vaccine, which has saved countless lives over recent decades.
Rotary Clubs throughout Alabama and three other states, with the help of Dunkin’, have raised more than $1.3 million in an effort to eradicate polio worldwide.
The dozens of Rotary Clubs throughout Central and South Alabama came together Monday to sell doughnuts to raise money to fight polio worldwide. But these aren’t any ordinary doughnuts.
Rotary clubs in Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee are banding together in a new way to fight polio. They’re doing it by selling special doughnuts. Members of the Montgomery and Dothan Rotary clubs spent the afternoon unloading, frosting and packing more than 1,000 boxes of doughnuts, which were donated by Dunkin’ Donuts. Each doughnut was topped with purple icing, which represents…
