Contact: Kat Lyons
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23
Oct
2026
Missoula Downtown
MT
United States of America

Purple Donuts Day is an annual event organized by Rotary Clubs to support Rotary International’s efforts to eradicate polio.

World Polio Day is October 24--on Friday and Saturday, Missoula Downtown Rotary members take purple donuts into workplaces and the community to start conversations about polio and raise money for PolioPlus.

Share purple donuts. Gather donations.

🟣ORDER BY OCTOBER 19, 4 PM🍩Order boxes of Krispy Kreme donuts at $10/box to share. 👉Email/text Mark mark@steelquist.net / 206-459-722 by 4:00 p.m. Monday, October 19 to specify the number of boxes and when you need them: October 23, October 24, or both. 

🟣VOLUNTEER: PREP THE DONUTS🍩 Help with the early-morning pickup and purple-sprinkling crew on October 23 and/or 24. 👉Tell Kat kclyons18@gmail.com and/or Mark mark@steelquist.net that you'll help.

🟣VOLUNTEER: WORLD POLIO DAY🍩Take a shift at our Missoula Saturday Market booth on Saturday, October 24. Hand out purple donuts, invite donations, and talk about Rotary and PolioPlus. 👉Tell Kat that you'll be there: kclyons18@gmail.com or register here.

🟣SHARE🍩Take donuts into your workplace or community. Give them as treats, invite donations and start a conversation about Rotary’s work to end polio. 👉The suggested minimum donation is $2 per donut or $20 per dozen.

🟣DONATE🍩 You cover the $10-per-box cost. Everything you collect above the cost goes to The Rotary Foundation PolioPlus Campaign in your name and is matched by the Gates Foundation.

👉Return all funds to Mark Steelquist by our club meeting on Tuesday, November 3. Checks should be payable to Missoula Downtown Rotary Club.