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Published on: 17/10/2017 05:26 AMReported by: rogerblaxall
An Ormskirk Rotary Club's been doing its bit to help fight polio.
Members of The Rotary Club of Ormskirk Clocktower met at the former Country and Outdoor store on St Helen's Road on Thursday night to pack crocus corms which feature in the latest Rotary campaign to eradicate the disease.
For over 30 years, Rotary and its members have been committed to fighting to eradicate polio across the world, and the number of polio-endemic countries has dropped from 125 to just three, with over 2.5 billion children receiving vaccinations thanks to the help of Rotary and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
With eradication now closer than ever, Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland’s latest campaign, Purple4Polio, is designed to unite communities to engage in activities as part of the final push to eradicate polio for good.
The campaign ties in with the 100 year anniversary of The Rotary Foundation, Rotary’s own and only charity, which has played a key role in making polio eradication become close to a reality, along with hundreds of other projects both in Great Britain and Ireland and overseas.
The Purple4Polio crocus corm planting 2016 was a huge success with nearly 7 million purple corms being planted across Great Britain and Ireland resulting in a carpet of purple in communities during spring 2017 - the purple crocus is a symbol of Rotary’s worldwide campaign to eradicate polio, with its colour representing the purple dye used to mark the finger of a child to indicate they have received their life saving oral polio vaccine.
The pots cost £1 each with income tripled by the Gates Foundation to £3; locally the crocus kits can be bought at: NatWest bank, Cabello, Lime Tyger, Barn Owl, Sacha Grace and the Ormskirk chiropractor centre.
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It might help to raise more money if we know where we can buy them - can you help at all?
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I've just updated the story with that very info! Roger Blaxall, news editor
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