Pint for Change to help End Polio Now

Trewithen Dairy has teamed up with Rotary to turn pints of milk into pints of cash for End Polio Now.  The dairy has commissioned 1,200 specially designed glass milk bottles with retro labels in their Pint for Changecampaign.  These will be delivered to all Rotarians in Rotary District 1290, which encompasses 41 clubs in Cornwall, Plymouth, West Devon and the Isles of Scilly.

The Rotarians then have four months to fill their bottles with loose change to raise as much money as possible for the End Polio Now initiative. The bottles will be collected at the end of October to coincide with World Polio Day on October 24.

Click here for "Pint for Change" at Trewithen Dairy          (read the full Press Release)

Through the End Polio Now campaign, the world has almost been freed of the potentially fatal, infectious disease. About seven million children have been prevented from contracting polio since 1988, when 125 countries were polio endemic. Today only three countries are still reporting cases of polio: Nigeria, Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Click here to visit the End Polio Now website

Trewithen Dairy founder Bill Clarke, a member of Lostwithiel Rotary Club, said: "The idea behind Pint for Changewas a simple one; to come up with a creative way to motivate people to raise money for a cause that is especially close to our hearts. We don't actually use glass milk bottles in the dairy any more but they are very striking to look at and evoke fond memories in many people, so both Trewithen Dairy and Rotary hope that people will take these bottles and fill them so that the value of the contents can be magnified across the globe."

Year 10 students at Fowey Community College helped put stickers on 500 bottles to raise