Rochester Rotary Sponsored Successful Polio Awareness Walk

On Saturday, October 24, World Polio Day, Rochester Rotarians and community members walked with the polio flame from Rotary Park (near the Rochester Hills Public Library) to Par Pharmaceutical’s sterile manufacturing facility on Parkdale in Rochester where the polio vaccine was originally manufactured by Parke-Davis, one of only five pharmaceutical companies in the nation selected to do so at the time.

Following the walk, Par Pharmaceutical, a subsidiary of Endo International, recognized Rotary International’s significant achievements to eradicate polio and honored the historic involvement of Parke-Davis on the Rochester facility grounds by hosting a tour and commemorative event for participants and PAR employees and their families.

Photo #1: Rochester Rotarians and community supporters arrive at PAR on 10/24.

Photo #2 (left to right): Pat McKay - Supervisor Rochester Hills Museum at VanHoosen Farm; Rhonda Panczyk, Assistant District Governor and immediate past president of Rochester Rotary; and Paula Del Papa - Associate Director, Par Pharmaceutical.

Photo credit: Michael Guimond