Heywood Rotary Club to support World Polio Day

Heywood Rotary Club to support World Polio Day

Rotary Club of Heywood is joining thousands of other Rotary clubs around the world in supporting World Polio Day on 24 October 2018.

The Club will be getting their green fingers at the ready, planting 5,000 purple crocus corms at Queens Park with lots of help from Rotary friends.

The purple crocus has become a symbol of Rotary’s fight to end polio, as the colour purple represents the colour of the dye placed on a child’s finger to show they have been immunised against the disease.

Across the country, almost 2.5 million purple crocuses will be planted around World Polio Day, adding to the millions planted in recent years, which will bloom into a carpet of purple next spring.

Rotary International in Great Britain & Ireland is a membership and humanitarian service organisation. Through membership of their local Rotary club, members use their time and talents to make a difference in their own communities and around the world.

There are over 1,750 clubs in Great Britain and Ireland with 48,000 members. The Rotary Club of Heywood currently has 25 members and meets every Tuesday at The Pack Horse Inn, Birtle.

The Club is involved in lots of over community work in the town including Heywood Charities Fete, Heywood 1940s Day, Christmas Santa’s Sleigh, old folks Christmas Parties, hamper packing and also has many social events.

New members are always welcome, if you would like to go along to a meeting, please feel free to contact them:

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