Be Part Of Something Special
Grab your friends, pick a location, and mark it on your calendar.
Download your Pledge Form for the World's Largest Polio Walk.
Get out your walkin' shoes and show you support the eradication of polio!
Individuals and organizations can also Sponsor the District-wide Walks. All donations are matched so every dollar you raise is worth $4 to the End Polio Now cause.
Sign up links and walk addresses will be added as they are provided to us. Please check back.
Last updated: 9/13/2026 cmp
| CLUB (or CLUBS if combined) | WALK LOCATION - STARTING POINT |
| Fond du Lac County Rotary Clubs | |
| Fond du Lac, and others | Marion University |
| Ripon | Rotary Square 100 Watson St, Ripon WI 54971 Walking to Village Green and back. |
| Green Lake County Rotary Club | TBD |
| Ozaukee County Rotary Clubs | |
| Thiensville-Mequon Rotary * & Mequon-Thiensville Sunrise * | Mequon City Hall, 11333 N Cedarburg Rd, Mequon Rd, Mequon, WI 53092 Walk along the Ozaukee Co Interurban Trail |
| Cedarburg-Grafton * | Washington Ave side of Interurban Bridge W62N630 Washington Ave, Cedarburg, WI 53012 Walk along the Ozaukee Co Interurban Trail |
| Port Washington-Saukville | Downtown Port Washington Walk along the Ozaukee Co Interurban Trail |
| Manitowoc County Rotary Clubs | |
| Manitowoc Sunrise | Start: TBD
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| Two Rivers *, Manitowoc Noon * | Start: Lighthouse Inn, 1515 Memorial Drive Two Rivers End: Tipsy Tomato, 1228 Memorial Drive in Manitowoc. |
| Milwaukee County Rotary Clubs | |
| Elmbrook *, Mayfair Club of Wauwatosa *, West Allis, Whitnall Park | Pettit National Ice Center 500 S 84th St, Milwaukee, WI 53214 |
| Milwaukee Amigos After Hours * | Lion’s Den Gorge, 511 Lake Bluff Dr, Grafton, WI 53024 Dogs are welcome. |
| Racine County Rotary Clubs | |
| Racine Founders | TBD |
| Sheboygan County Rotary Clubs | TBD |
Sheboygan Rotary Noon * | 3000 Calumet Dr, Sheboygan, WI 53081 Come early. Before the walk, meet in the parking lot to the left for a group picture. Walking the 1-mile loop through Evergreen Park |
| Walworth County Rotary Clubs | |
| Elkhorn | TBD |
| Lake Geneva | TBD |
| Washington County Rotary Clubs | |
| Slinger-Allenton & Hartford * | Centennial Park, 125 E Wisconsin Ave, Hartford, WI 53027 Walking along Hartford Mill Pond |
| West Bend (2) Clubs | TBD |
| Waukesha County Rotary Clubs | |
| Heartland - Lake County | TBD |
| Waukesha Sunrise * | Lee Sherman Dreyfus State Office Bldg, 141 NW Barstow St, Waukesha, WI 53188 Walking around Waukesha along the Fox River |
| Winnebago County Rotary Clubs | TBD |
| * confirmed with Club Rep |
Resources for Clubs and Communities to Join the Movement to END POLIO NOW
Video Zero Dose Children (Rotary Brand Central)
Video Together, We End Polio (Rotary Brand Central)
Podcast Polio Update on Rotary Voices (Rotary Magazine 2024)
Top Ten Polio Facts (Zone 25b & 29, 2026)
Download the marketing materials for the World's Largest Polio Walk here
Planning Ideas (2026)
Pre-Event Checklist (2026)
In 1985, at a time when there were 1,000 cases of polio reported in the world EACH DAY, Rotary International pledged to all the children of the world… WE WILL ERADICATE POLIO.
Since that time, we have eliminated 99.99% of all polio cases - to the point that there have only been 10 (ten) cases reported as of the end of June 2026.
On Saturday, October 24, 2026, the Rotary Clubs of District 6270 in Wisconsin will join other clubs in Zones 25B & 29 in conducting the World’s Largest Polio Walk, taking place at multiple sites across the upper Midwest. All funds raised go directly to Rotary’s PolioPlus efforts to eliminate polio for good.
Polio is the world’s forgotten disease and something that should have been made history a long time ago. It is a crippling and potentially fatal infectious disease. There is no cure, but there are safe and effective vaccines. The strategy to eradicate polio is therefore based on preventing infection by immunizing every child until transmission stops and the world is polio-free.
This October we are asking you to Walk With Us for those who can’t. We are challenging you to walk, run or roll on October 24th and raise vital funds that will help eradicate and prepare us for a Polio free world.
Be part of something special: Be part of the end game strategy and raise funds to help make Polio history so that no child ever again suffers paralytic poliomyelitis.
