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Members of Llanelli Rotary Club carried out bucket collections at Llanelli's Tesco superstore last week as part of the service organisation's 'Thanks for Life - End Polio Now' appeal. Over two days, the Rotarians raised £900. Pictured are: Monro Walters, Gordon Battersby, Dennis Wooley and Richard Thomas. The collections were timed to mark 'Rotary Day-Thanks for Life', an annual RIBI project set up to highlight and celebrate the humanitarian work of Rotarians. Its number one aim is to help eradicate polio throughout the world. Now in its third year, Thanks for Life saw clubs and members across Great Britain and Ireland organising activities on and around 23rd February (Rotary Day) - the anniversary of the first Rotary meeting in Chicago more than 100 years ago - to raise awareness and understanding of Rotary in their community and maximise donations to The Rotary Foundation to assist polio eradication. Weblink- http://www.ribi.org/thanks-for-life

A Thanks for Life swimathon organised by Llandovery Rotary Club is hoping to splash the cash for charity. The Thanks for Life project is aimed at the elimination polio worldwide. The club is organising the sponsored swim in partnership with Carmarthenshire County Council’s Llandovery Swimming Pool on behalf of Rotary International District 1150. This project was initiated in 1985 by the Rotary movement with the World Health Organisation and Unicef. As a result of Rotary’s efforts and public support, Polio is not present in most of the world. The only hot spots remaining are in Nigeria and Northern India. Rotary hope their continued support for immunisation programmes in these areas will help eradicate this disease. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has committed $355,000,000 to "Thanks for Life" and will essentially match-fund the money that Rotary raise worldwide for the project. County executive board member for leisure services Cllr Clive Scourfield said: “The Author...