The Purple Pinky Project!

Posted: October 31, 2013

On October 24th, the Campbellton Rotary Club held a mock polio vaccination clinic at Lord Beaverbrook School and Tide Head School. Titled “The Purple Pinky Project”, participating students had their little fingers dyed.  Rotary members used a topical dye, called gentian violet, and painted the pinkies purple as part of a polio awareness campaign. In developing countries, gentian violet is used by Rotary International to show which children have received polio vaccinations. Thus, painting local students fingers purple represents children around the world being vaccinated against the disease. Funds raised by schools are matched by local Rotary clubs and these funds in turn are matched two to one by the Bill and Malinda Gates Foundation in an effort to wipe out polio worldwide. Other ASD-N schools are also taking part in the project. This year Campbellton Rotary received proclamations from the City of Campbellton, the Village of Atholville, as well as, the Village of Tide Head in support of the campaign.