MEMBERS of the Rotary Club of Crediton Boniface set up a stand with a display and a collection point at the Crediton Tesco store at Wellparks on Wednesday, October 24, to raise awareness on World Polio Day.

There was also a competition to "Guess the weight of the cake" which was won by Kate Tucker. The cake was supplied by Oliver’s Bakery in Crediton and decorated by David Oliver.

Members of Age Concern Crediton & District kindly croqueted 12 purple Bon Bon flowers for decoration.

Special thanks go to Paul Fallon, President of the Rotary Club of Crediton for arranging the day.

For more than 30 years Rotary and its members have been committed to fighting to eradicate Polio and the display contained lots of information about this work.

The initiative Purple4Polio was launched by Rotary to raise funds and awareness and to promote Rotary’s campaign End Polio Now.

The planting of the purple crocus corms by Rotary together with community groups is a great way of getting people active, having fun and talking to lots of different people about the need to get rid of the life threatening and disabling polio virus.

In Crediton Rotarians, helped by members of staff from Crediton Tesco, planted purple crocuses on the roundabout at the approach to the store as part of the nationwide campaign Purple4Polio.

Andrew Drayton Community Champion for the Crediton Tesco store at Wellparks said: " "We are always delighted to be able to help out with other local community groups such as The Rotary Club, especially when it’s to help them support this valuable work.

"How Rotary Clubs have worked to eradicate Polio Worldwide has been fantastic and the efforts that have been made have shown real impact and results.

"We look forward to what we hope will be a fantastic floral display at our roundabout which will serve as a reminder that there is work still to do.

"If we can help Crediton’s Rotary Clubs in any way, in this endeavour, we will be more than happy to."

More than two billion doses of oral polio vaccine have to be administered each and every year in more than 60 countries, in order to make the world polio free.