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Rotary Club of Youngstown will be doing its part to help eradicate polio on Thursday, October 23 by holding its annual Pints vs Polio event at Penguin City Brewing from 4:00 until 7:00 pm.Here's the math:
+Penguin City will donate $1.00 to Rotary’s Polio Plus Fund for every pint of beer sold that day to commemorate the day!
+The Youngstown Rotary Foundation will match the amount raised, while the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will then match that total amount two for one.
+ With matching contributions, each pint sold equals $6 for the cause and can save 14 lives!
BONUS:
* Youngstown Rotary Beerfest 2026 tickets will go on sale at this event!
* Penguin City will offer FREE pumpkin carving
Rotary International launched Polio Plus in 1985 and was a founding member of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative in 1988. Through decades of commitment and work by Rotary and its partners, more than 2.5 billion children have received the oral polio vaccine. While polio has been eradicated in most of the world, the wild virus is still endemic in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Rotary Club of Youngstown is one of over 33,000 worldwide clubs located in 200 countries that comprise Rotary International. Rotary International is a global service organization whose purpose is to bring together business and professional leaders in order to provide humanitarian services, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations, and help build goodwill and peace in the world. There are over 1.2 million Rotarians worldwide. The Rotary Club of Youngstown meets each Wednesday from noon until 1pm in the Wick Park Pavilion, located at Wick Park on Youngstown’s north side.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Penguin City Brewing, 460 E Federal St, Youngstown, OH 44503, United States
