Kirkby prepares for End Polio week

Kirkby ‘End Polio’ Week – October 19th to 26th

Kirkby Rotary Club and Ashfield District Council are co-operating to support World Polio Day on 24th October. Thanks to half a dozen club members who are in touch with other community organisations, such is the enthusiastic response that the whole week is now dedicated to the cause of helping finally to eradicate the disease from the world.

This is the programme, so far:
W/c Sun Oct 19 The following organisations sell badges during the week: ADC Urban Road reception desk and office and Northern Depot, Sutton; Ashwood, Forest Hill Methodist, St John’s, St Wilfrid’s and All Saints Annesley Churches; and Acacia Community Centre

Mon Oct 20 Annesley Primary School plant bulbs in Kingsway Park at 11 am.

Tue Oct 21 Kingsway Primary School plant at the Shoulder of Mutton site, 2 pm.

Wed Oct 22 Kingsway School’s Wear Purple Day including a short presentation to pupils at the assembly.

Fri Oct 24 Orchard Primary School plant crocus bulbs in Kingsway Park at around 10 am The school also have a Wear Purple Day. Greenwood Primary School have a Wear Purple Day, make purple cakes; do purple finger painting; from 10.30 am several classes have a short presentation from Rotarian Mike Lee. ADC Urban Road office staff have a Wear Purple Day Kirkby Rotary badge-selling at Morrisons Supermarket, 10 till 4

ADC will supply the bulbs and Kirkby Rotary Club the badges: we have ordered 17 boxes of badges (50 per box).

At all the bulb planting sessions on the Tuesday and Friday we are expecting hierarchy from ADC and KRC to attend and give short speeches.

ADC and KRC are organising publicity, centring on the co-operation between ADC, Rotary and the schools, churches, etc and featuring the bulb plantings. All the above events will be photographed, if possible. Media invited to selected events. Featured daily on ADC social networking media and website.

Two plaques will be located one at each of the two sites, bearing a suitable inscription, and will be installed in the spring when the crocuses are in flower, so making a second publicity story. Funded by ADC

Ron Walker