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North Rotary Club Murcia, in collaboration with the city of Molina de Segura, has promoted a fundraiser in the fight against Polio.

This is a marathon swimming (Swimarathon), which takes place on Saturday 25 February, from 12.30 pm (opening of the facility), the Indoor Pool College San Pablo CEU (Calle Cabezo Arrows).

February 23 marks the 107 anniversary of the first meeting of Rotary Club and to celebrate the Rotary clubs around the world conduct commemorative events and fundraising for the largest international project that promotes Rotary's Polio ucha l .

For this reason the North Rotary Club Murcia has decided to join an initiative several years ago by the Rotary Club Grantham, England and on Saturday February 25 will attempt to break the Guinness record for the largest number of people swimming 100 meters without stopping between 13.00 and 14.00 hours.

Act as judges for the event the Mayor of Molina de Segura, Eduardo Contreras Linares, and the Councillor for Sports, Sonia Carrillo Marble, as the Guinness organization requires two people to be recognized in society and not belonging to laorganización promoter.

The marathon swim will take place simultaneously in over 100 locations around the world and Spain will be represented by the Rotary Club Murcia North.

Participants should make a donation of 5 euros, and the collection will go to the fight against polio, a disease that is only active in less than ten coun tries, but still need funds to eradicate it completely by vaccination.

Polio mainly affects children between 5 and 10 years, is contagious, causes infantile paralysis and mainly affects the nervous system.

Those interested in participating should register by sending an email to swimarathon@rotaryclubmurcianorte.com and go with the swim suit to speed setup.

Rotary Club Murcia is part of Rotary International is an international organization of business and professional leaders who provide humanitarian service, promote the implementation of high ethical standards in all vocations, and help to promote goodwill and peace in the world.

The bank has approximately 1,200,000 members affiliated with more than 30,000 Rotary clubs in 162 countries.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Molina de Segura