Rotary, SLC give polio the (pinky) finger
CORNWALL, Ontario - The Rotaract Club of St. Lawrence College and the Rotary Club of Cornwall Sunrise joined forces in recognition of World Polio Day at the Cornwall campus on Friday.

Photo and Story - Adam Brazeau, Cornwall Seaway News, October 23, 2015
 
Pictured from left Stefano Delacosta, Madelaine Roy and Sharon Miller
 
The local volunteer-driven non-profits collected $1 donations in Moulinette Hall with one twist - the donors left with a purple pinky.
"Almost every young person we asked donated," said Sharon Miller, Rotary Club of Cornwall Sunrise member. "For one dollar, you can help fund polio vaccinations overseas."
Miller had a helping hand from CCVS Grade 12 student Madeline Roy, a former youth exchange student with the club, and Stefano Delacosta, SLC student and owner-operator of Perfect Pairings.
"We have 1,200 students and 200 faculty - so we can reach people quick," said Delacosta.
In addition to raising awareness, the trio collected a few hundred dollars for the following initiatives www.purplepinkie.com and www.endpolio.org. Each dollar is being matched two to one by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and will therefore pay for three children to be immunized.
Infants and children who have been immunized against polio are marked by dipping their little finger in a medically sanctioned purple dye, hence, the name 'Purple Pinkie' event.
 
 
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Thumbs up to Provisional Rotaract Club based at St. Lawrence College, Cornwall. They are doing some interesting and amazing things. Of special note is their Purple Pinkie event on World Polio Day, October 23 ..... celebrating that we are so close to wiping polio from the face of the earth and raising funds for the final push.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

President Stef receives his Purple Pinkie from Rotaract advisor Martin in advance of the Rotaract Purple Pinkie event on October 23 at St Lawrence College. 
In preparation for the President Stef receives a Purple Pinkie from Rotaract advisor Martin. At National Immunization Days children are marked with a purple pinkie to show that they have received they immunization.