23-02-2025
Jersey cake and gift sale raises £4.5k for cancer charities
A cancer patient has raised more than £4,510 for charity with a week-long cake and gift Anne Robins came up with the idea to raise funds for Jersey Cancer Relief and Friends of Jersey Oncology (FOJO) while she was receiving asked if she could hold a one-day cake sake but said the idea mushroomed from there when Jersey General Hospital offered her space for a week-long 66-year-old, whose endometrial cancer has spread to her lungs, said: "It was electric. It was going to be a few hours but it just exploded and it made people aware as well."
'Delighted'
Ms Robbins said she wanted to raise awareness so that people knew "as soon as your body does not feel right to push to get the right tests".The sale included cakes, unwanted Christmas gifts and items donated by local businesses to raffle to collected donations at the Jersey Cancer Relief Welcome Centre, Jersey Monumental and the St Clement's Parish Robins' family has been involved in fundraising for Jersey Cancer Relief for more than 20 said she thought the sale would make about £500 for each charity and was delighted with the final amount raised.
Ms Robins, who has been having treatment in Jersey and at the Royal Marsden Hospital in central London, added: "Some people wanted to have private chats too, which is important."Every month about 30 newly-diagnosed patients begin treatment at Jersey's oncology unit, according to FOJO.
