Filey Rotary Club donates Purple for Polio crocus bulbs to the town of FIley

For over 30 years, Rotary and its members have been committed to fighting to eradicate polio across the world. In 1985 Rotary pledged to eradicate Polio from the world.   The amount of polio-endemic countries has dropped from 125 to just two, with over 2.5 billion children receiving vaccinations thanks to the help of Rotary.

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 Crocus was chosen as the purple colour matched the dye painted on the fingers of children who have been immunised.

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.