CROCUS PLANTING IN LYNDHURST AND TOTTON '21

Mon, Oct 21st 2019 at 11:00 am - 1:00 pm

Our Lyndhurst and Totton displays will appear in Spring. The purple crocus symbolises the purple for polio eradication campaign. More details below.

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CROCUS PLANTING IN LYNDHURST AND TOTTON '21 - Jane Wilson-Brown and John and Christine Brown extended the bed at Lyndhurst Community Centre with 1,000 new bulbs. Good practice for the 3,000 to go be planted in Totton.

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John and Christine Brown and Jane Wilson-Brown planted nearly 1,000 purple crocuses outside the Commmuniuty Centre in Lyndhurst on 23 October. On 25 and 26 October Council staff assisted by Jane Wilson-Brown and a number of Rotarians planted nearly 3,000 bulbs in Totton around the cherry trees in the area opposite the Police Station. They worked in rain most of the time but stuck at it !!

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The Purple4Polio initiative is one launched by Rotary in Great Britain and Ireland to raise funds and awareness for our efforts to eradicate polio across the world and promote the work of our global campaign - End Polio Now

When a child receives their life saving polio drops on mass polio immunisation days in many countries their little finger is painted with a purple dye so it is clear they have received their life saving vaccine.

Rotary’s pledge for a polio free world was made in 1985 when there were 125 polio endemic countries and hundreds of new cases every single day. In 2017 there were only 22 cases in the entire world but as long as there is one single case anywhere children everywhere are at risk.

Thanks to Rotary, and the support of our partners WHO, Unicef, CDC and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, there are now just three countries still classed as endemic: Pakistan, Nigeria and Afghanistan.For more informationgo to the following website:- https://www.rotarygbi.org/our-causes/end-polio-now/

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Celebration With Honeypot Charities 25th Anniversary Celebration

25 Years of help to young carers

We look after the plant 'creche' and raise money too.

Christmas Party held Dec 11th 2023

Presentation by Tina Richardson of Wessex Heartbeat to President Ian Frame of Certificate of Support on completion of pledge to raise £1,500.

Band of The Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary and rising stars from the Performing Arts & Music Academy at Brockenhurst College. Concert held Oct '24.

We assisted the Totton Spiritualist Church in their project to give an Easter Egg to all children being supported through the Churches food bank. Also additional food and clothing for the Food Bank itself.