Lift a finger to combat Polio (From Bournemouth Echo)

Lift a finger to combat Polio

9:06pm Sunday 7th February 2010 in

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“PURPLE pinkies” are being sought at Ferndown schools in a bid to help eradicate polio.

Ferndown Rotary Club is asking the town’s schools to nominate a single day in February to join an international campaign for vaccinations against the disease.

Club president Geoff Lawrence said: “How fantastic for a youngster to be able to say – ‘I helped to wipe out a disease, to stop children from dying. I helped change the world’.”

School children will be asked to donate £1 towards the immunisation programme in return for having a finger (“pinkie”) painted purple – the method used to identify children who have received the vaccine.

Youngsters may also choose to wear something purple in return for their donation.

To get involved, call 01202 840662.