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Monday, September 11, 2006 -----

Drinking Coffee to Raise Money For The Fight Against Cancer

This is a great story from across the pond - more people should consider doing this!

Bid to bust £300k total by drinking coffee for cancer fund



Sep 11 2006 By Eryl Crump, Daily Post


NORTH Wales charity fundraisers are gearing up to make a £300,000 gift to the world's biggest coffee morning.

Macmillan Cancer Support is aiming to host the event, which will aid those suffering from the killer disease. North Wales fundraising manager Eleri Brady said: "'Every penny raised from the World's Biggest Coffee Morning is important to people affected by cancer. "It helps to fund nurses, pay for information booklets and pamphlets and provide grants for those in desperate need of some financial assistance.

"The money raised will be used to help us be there for people at everystage of their illness.

"We have such amazing supporters who have some truly innovative ways of raising money on coffee morning day, from homemade cakes and raffles to a very early Irish coffee morning.

"This year we need everyone's help to make the event even bigger and better and to break the £300,000 barrier in Wales."

One in three people will get cancer, with 1.2m people in the UK now living with the disease. And 16,000 people are diagnosed with cancer in Wales every year. Macmillan Cancer Support improves the lives of people affected by cancer, providing practical, medical, emotional and financial support.

Eleri added: "A coffee morning is easy to organise. You could have one at home, at work, as part of a club or maybe at school. It is a way of getting together to catch up on the gossip and meet new people.

"You could hold a public coffee morning somewhere like your local community centre or church hall and invite everyone in your village or neighbour-hood to come along."Macmillan provides everything you need to make your coffee morning a success - from posters and invitations to balloons and a collecting box."

Last year two million people had a coffee for Macmillan and helped to raise £6.5m. This year more than 50,000 events are planned.

CAN YOU HELP?

The World's Biggest Coffee Morning for Macmillan Cancer Support takes place on Friday September 29. Register by calling 0845 6021246 or visit www.macmillan.org.uk/coffee

::  Posted by: 3am Art  at 8:59 PM
  

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