Early in his career, Elvis came forward to support the March of Dimes, a foundation seeking to fine a cure for children's polio.
In this cause, Elvis gave his time and image to encourage the public to support the charity.
On October 28, 1956, before appearing on the Ed sullivan show that evening, Elvis was inoculated with the new Salk polio vaccine and recorded a public announcement for the March of Dimes.
In January 1958, Elvis posed for photographs at Graceland with March of Dimes poster girl, eight-year-old Mary Kosioski.
While in the army in January 1959 he again appeared in publicity shots with that years March of Dimes poster child. Later that year Elvis continued his support of the organisation by publicly receiving a polio booster shot.
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