To celebrate Purple Polio Day on October 24, the Rotarians of Narberth and Whitland encouraged the local primary school and the Queen’s Hall to get involved in the purple theme.

The significance of purple is that when each child is given the vaccine in third world countries they place their index finger in a pad of purple dye to show that they have been immunised. Since 1985, Rotarians throughout the world have contributed funds to try to eradicate the polio virus.

To draw the attention of the public to this fundraising campaign, the trustees of the Queen’s Hall kindly lit-up the front of the prominent High Street building and what a difference it made to the night time scene.

On the outskirts of the town, the primary school pupils also joined in with the kind permission of the headteacher Nia Ward.

The Rotary Club of Narberth and Whitland donated a large box of purple crocus bulbs which the pupils have enthusiastically started to plant alongside the grass verge in front of their school.

The involvement with the primary school is being further enhanced by the presentation of a Charter for Rota Kids and some of the pupils are seen holding up their certificate of registration. There will be more on this subject in further bulletins.

President David Haward commented that he is grateful to his members Mary Adams, Yvonne Llewellyn and Ann Jones for helping to get the crocuses planted and the inception of the Rota Kids scheme.