Haslington Rotary Club have sponsored the planting of 5000 Crocus purple bulbs at locations all round the village by :-

• The Goslings Pre-school group -Winterley
• Pine Lodge Crech and Day Nursery
• Haslington Primary School
• The Dingle Primary School
• Haslington Toddler Group (Yoxall)
• Yoxall Hall planting scheme ( Brownies, beavers, etc
• The Croft Pre-school group (Gutterscroft )
• Shavington Toddler Group
• Haslington Conservation group

This project is part of a countrywide campaign by Rotary clubs to plant 4,600,000 crocus’s to raise awareness of their efforts to eradicate Polio .

Why Purple ? well this is the colour of the dye that is used to mark the finger of each child that receives immunisation .

As of 30 September, Rotarians throughout the world have raised US$ 147 million for Rotary’s US$200 Million Challenge and these funds will be matched by $355 million in challenge grants received from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The resulting $555 million will directly support immunization in the four countries where it remains a serious problem .ie Afghanistan, India ,Pakistan and Nigeria.

The photograph shows Rotarians lead by President Richard Hovey, and project coordinators Jan Lewis and Jean Kirk , planting the final few bulbs on the public space behind Shelbourne Ave.

(Chris Boardman – Haslington Rotary Club)