World Polio Day, 24th October 2017

To celebrate this day The Castle of Brecon Hotel was lit up in purple for the evening of Tuesday 24th October 2017.

In the reception of the Castle Hotel for the day only was  the new coin shoot that will be placed in the wishing well in Bethel Square.

Purple4polio

For over 30 years, Rotary and its members have been committed to fighting to eradicate polio across the world. The amount of polio-endemic countries has dropped from 125 to just two, with over 2.5 billion children receiving vaccinations thanks to the help of Rotary.

With eradication now closer than ever, Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland’s latest campaign, Purple4Polio, is designed to unite communities to engage in activities as part of the final push to eradicate polio for good.

The campaign ties in with the 100 year anniversary of The Rotary Foundation, Rotary’s own and only charity, which has played a key role in making polio eradication become close to a reality, along with hundreds of other projects both in Great Britain and Ireland and overseas.

We are "this close" to eradicating polio

Brecon involvement

To acknowledge this achievement Brecon Rotary Club, along with Rotary clubs all over the UK asked the local community to plant crocus corms on Saturday 29th October 2016 on the Promenade by Watergate Brecon.

Rotarians were present to organise event and 5000  crocus corms were planted in less than one hour. Brecon Rotary would like to thank all those who attended and helped us achieve our goal of showing Brecon's support and commitment to Ending Polio NOW!

Members of the club were available to talk about End Polio Now and Purple4polio

Photos of the event can be seen opposite. Together with photos showing first flowering of the crocus display in spring 2017