On Tuesday, February 25th the Interact Club at Kenmore West High School and members of the Rotary Club of Kenmore visited Hoover Elementary and Hoover Middel School for the Purple Pinkie Project! 21 Students and 2 Advisors led the charge with 5 Rotarians raising $435 ($315 from the Elementary School and $120 from the Middle School). The Rotary Club of Kenmore will match this $435 and donate a total of $870 to the PolioPlus fund which will then be tripled by the Gates Foundation making it $2,610. Great job students at Hoover Elementary and Middle School and the Kenmore West Interact Club for helping to #EndPolio!In countries where the threat of polio remains, children receive their polio vaccine by mouth. When vaccinating millions of children in a short period of time it is impossible to document it. Because of this, every child has the pinkie nail of their left hand painted with an indelible purple marker to ensure they only receive one dose. This is how the “Purple Pinkie” has become a symbol of a polio free world and why the Rotary Club of Kenmore hold multiple Purple Pinkie Projects annually.
On March 11th the Kenmore West Interact Club will team up for a third time this year with the Rotary Club of Kenmore from 10:30-1:30 at Edison Elementary School and host another Purple Pinkie Project.
If you are interested in checking out the Purple Pinkie Project or learning more about it, come stop by!