RIBI is working with The Eden Project and the International Flower Bulb Centre (IBC) in Holland to plant purple crocus bulbs from the beginning of October so they will be in flower for Rotary Day – 23 February 2011.
These Purple Flowers represent the colour of ink dabbed on a child’s little finger to indicate it has been immunised against polio. 
Rotary clubs across RIBI are currently contacting their local schools, residential homes, local councils and other community organisations to ask them to identify suitable sites which can then be planted with swathes of purple crocus bulbs in the autumn – as a reminder of the essential need to continue the fight to eradicate polio from our world. 
Please help us mark this vital work with a blaze of purple colour next springtime!