How can getting your pinkie painted purple help eradicate polio? Stop by one of our Purple Pinkie Project stations on Nov. 9 and find out!

Here’s the gist of it: Donating $1 to have your pinkie “painted” purple is a symbol for one polio immunization. The estimated cost to immunize one child from polio is $1, and when each child gets immunized, Rotarians mark their pinkies with a topical purple dye to prevent double dosages. Funds raised during our Purple Pinkie Project will go to Rotary International’s End Polio Now efforts.

Find a Purple Pinkie Project station near you:

• At UMPI, in the Owl’s Nest (located in the Campus Center), from 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
• At NMCC, in the Akeley Student Center, from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. UMPI and NMCC Education students will staff this table.
• At Northern Light A.R. Gould Hospital, in the cafeteria, from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Members of UMPI’s BioMedical Club will staff these tables.
• At UMPI’s Houlton Higher Education Center, at the front desk, from 8 a.m.-1 p.m.
• At the Mark and Emily Turner Memorial Library in Presque Isle, 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m.

Purple Pinkie stations will also be set up for employees at MMG Insurance (staffed by UMPI Business Club members), and for students and staff at Presque Isle High School, Presque Isle Middle School, Zippel Elementary School, Pine St. Elementary School, Mapleton Elementary School, Easton Junior-Senior High School, and Easton Elementary School.

Paint your pinkie purple (or get multiple digits painted for $1 each) and help us to End Polio Now!