"Purple Pinkie" fundraiser held Friday at high school
by Z. Daniel Barnett - Published: April 5, 2013
A group of Meadowbrook High School students are banding together to fight Polio in third-world countries.
Members of the Meadowbrook Interact Club - the youth arm of the Byesville Rotary Club - held a "Purple Pinkie" Fundraiser on Friday afternoon to help wipe out the crippling disease in the few remaining countries where Polio is endemic. Interact Club President Alex Eckelson answered the question "Why Purple Pinkies?":
Club Advisor Sharon Miller said that, last year, the Interact Club donated more than $300 to Rotary International, which will provide around 300 vaccines for children in Afghanistan, Nigeria, and Pakistan, where Polio remains endemic.
Since 1985, Rotary Club International has contributed to the effort that has eliminated Polio in 99 percent of the world's children.
To donate to the Purple Pinkie campaign, contact any member of the Byesville Rotary Club or Meadowbrook Interact Club.
Photo: Interact Club members paint purple dye on the pinkie fingers of fellow students as the "Purple Pinkie" drive begins at Meadowbrook High School.
