9:06pm Sunday 7th February 2010
“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.
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