April 24-30th is #WorldImmunizationWeek. Rotary wants to #EndPolioNow, so we're challenging everyone (Yes, YOU)to show their support in the fight against polio by painting their pinkie finger purple and posting it on social media with the hashtags #VaccinesWork #EndPolio and #WCTRotaryRocks
Why purple pinkies, you ask? Because when children are given the polio vaccine health workers dye their pinkie fingers purple so they know which kids have already received it.
Rotary knows firsthand that #VaccinesWork. Since 1985, we’ve contributed more than $2.1 billion and countless volunteer hours to protect nearly 3 billion children from polio. When children receive the polio vaccine, their pinkie fingers are marked with purple ink so health workers will know which children received the vaccine. Today, only two countries continue to report cases of polio caused by the wild poliovirus: Afghanistan and Pakistan.
So join the challenge and let's paint the internet purple!!
