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Thank You to These Generous Donors:

Please help Dr John Tierney OAM, Polio Australia President and National Patron, to make a difference as he fundraises for Polio Australia through our annual “Walk With Me” Challenge in Canberra!

  Help us to provide services for Australia’s polio survivors.

Watch the short videos below which showcase our fundraising Walks in Brisbane and Canberra in 2016 (left), and provide a snapshot of our post-polio issues (right).



WHEN: Thursday, 30th November 2017 – RSVP by Tuesday, 28 November.

RSVP: If you are walking you MUST let us know by emailing us so security sign-in can be arranged.

ASSEMBLE: 10:00 am – Great Hall at Parliament House (allow time for security sign-in).

MORNING TEA: 10:30 am – Sir Richard Baker Room (Launch of Polio Australia’s government-funded national Late Effects of Polio Clinical Practice Workshop series).

LUNCH: 12 noon – Buffet Lunch in the Members & Guests Dining Room for the ‘walkers’.

WALK: 1:00 pm – A relaxed walk or wheel in the sunshine, along the pathway outside Parliament House, to either the House of Representatives Door or the Senate Door, then return to the Great Hall. The distance is 1 kilometre (500 metres each way).

REFRESHMENTS: 1:30 pm – Queens Terrace Café (optional).

DONATIONS: Whether or not you are walking on the day, please donate below in support of John’s Walk (donations for this event will be accepted until 31 December 2017).

Thank you for your generous donation which assists Polio Australia in providing services to Australia’s many tens of thousands of polio survivors.

Polio Australia is a non-profit incorporated organisation and is registered with the “Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission” as a Health Promotion Charity. Separately, Polio Australia is also registered to fundraise in Queensland (CH2874). In addition, Polio Australia is endorsed by the Australian Tax Office (ATO) as a Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR), making all Australian donations over $2 tax deductible.


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