Wessex Mead (Trowbridge) Rotary Club

So what is Purple Pinkie?

When children are vaccinated against polio, they have a purple stamp put on one of their little fingers.  In this way the immunisation team knows who has been vaccinated. Each Purple Pinkie brings us closer to making polio history.

For more information see the  Purple Pinkie website 

This poem is official confirmation
I support Polio eradication
If recited then I am dutifully bound
From those who listen to collect one pound
Be you brother, neighbour, friend or wife
For your donation I say ‘Thanks For Life’

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The Big Breakfast held at the Scout HQ, Southwick raised over £475 for Polio Plus, thanks to the canny shopping skills of Rotarian Caroline Smyth, and tombola of donated prizes.  More than 100 people tucked into unlimited drinks, cereals, toast and a full english breakfast.

The club worked well together as a team, and the sounds of enjoyment from the diners in the hall spurred on the cooks and washer-uppers in the kitchen. 

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Thanks to Trowbridge Tesco supermarket, for allowing Trowbridge and Wessex Mead Rotary Clubs to collect for 'Thanks for Life' on Saturday 27th Feb.  This was part of a nationwide agreement between Tesco and Rotary, so up and down the country you could find a rotarian promoting Polio Erradication at a Tesco supermarket.  We manned from 8am and 8pm and raised £304, which we were very pleased with and will make a difference in the fight against Polio world wide. 

This brings the Wessex Mead final total this year for 'Thanks for Life' to over £1250.  Massive thanks to all who have supported us.