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Otago Daily Times
28-05-2025
- Health
- Otago Daily Times
Club's high tea bags $2000 for charity
Altrusa Club of Taieri hosted a high tea at East Taieri Church on Saturday, raising more than $2000 for the Cancer Society's ''Bags of Hope'' project. PHOTO: CLAIRE PATERSON Altrusa Club of Taieri hosted about 90 local women for a successful high tea at East Taieri Church on Saturday, raising more than $2000 for the Cancer Society's ''Bags of Hope'' project. Club present Margaret Munro said the event had been thoroughly enjoyable, with a delicious afternoon tea and three top-notch speakers sharing insights into different aspects of cancer. These included the role of the Cancer Society, the purpose and development of the Wellness Gym and a personal story of recovery after diagnosis and surgery. The Cancer Society's ''Bags of Hope'' project was a collaboration between the Cancer Society Otago-Southland and local schools, whose pupils created art works to decorate clothing-storage bags for people attending oncology appointments. Ms Munro said Taieri Altrusa had recently celebrated 40 years of supporting the community, and was going strong with 27 active members, most of whom were there on Saturday to help host the high tea. Recent activities have included distributing more than 500 Anzac biscuits to people at the Anzac Day memorial service in Mosgiel, continuing the ''Books for Babies'' project, donating to Riding for the Disabled, and supporting a variety of street appeals. @
BBC News
01-03-2025
- Health
- BBC News
Berkshire charity Bags of Hope nominated for local award
One of the founders of a charity that makes bags for cancer patients has said their products show people they are "not alone".Lindsey Lucas and Carol Anne Doyle started Bags of Hope in autumn 2024, and have so far distributed 350 bags across Doyle, who herself has been treated for cancer, said the bags were designed to carry everything people needed for receiving cancer Lucas said they were "made with love and hope", and were a way of offering people practical support. "It's sometimes very difficult to say to a person who's got cancer 'I want to be there for you' without seeming gushing or too over emotional," she said."Give a bag and say 'I want to support you with this and this is a gift for you just to help you a little bit on that road so that you know you're not on your own'." 'A real journey' Ms Doyle was diagnosed with endometrial and ovarian cancer in 2019."I took every single treatment that they threw at me - chemotherapy, radiotherapy, all sorts of things - and it was a real journey," she found she needed "a tonne of stuff" for her treatment, and made herself a bag to carry it all in - and then wanted to do the same for charity recommends a number of things that could go in the bag, including scarves, items needed for cold caps, snacks, earphones, a magazine, a notebook to write down what the nurses or doctors tell you, and information booklets. Bags of Hope now has more than 20 volunteers, each with their own reasons for getting involved."There's one volunteer whose mum taught her how to sew and her mum died of cancer... she sees this as continuing with her mum's legacy," said Ms Doyle."The stories are just wonderful."The charity has been nominated for Best New Start-Up of the Year at the Thames Valley Business and Community Doyle said they could not believe how it had taken off."It's beyond our wildest dreams," she plan now is to expand - first into the wider Thames Valley, and then nationally."We're going big on this," said Ms Doyle. "Let's all join together and make this happen." You can follow BBC Berkshire on Facebook, X (Twitter), or Instagram.
Yahoo
24-02-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Overflow Cafe collecting donations to feed nearly 400 students over spring break
RICHLANDS, N.C. (WNCT)- Overflow Cafe is looking for donations to help feed nearly 400 Richlands and Southwest students over spring break. Through their Sustaining Students Program and school social workers, they identified 391 food-insecure students in these schools. Hundreds of students in Onslow County get food assistance on the weekends, but Overflow Cafe wants to fill the gap during spring break, April 14-21. They're budgeting $40 for each student. They'll then go out and buy groceries for the week and either deliver them directly to the parents or have them ready at their distribution day. 'Our students are the most innocent part of this community, no matter what their household situation is. They didn't ask for it and no child should be hungry, ' director of the program Amanda Humphrey said. 'Somehow it seems like most kids, when they're out of school, their appetite increases substantially. So, we're just going to make sure that they have what they need at their house.' You can donate money through their website, PayPal or Venmo @overflowcafenc or sending a check to PO Box 70, Richlands, NC 28574. You can donate groceries by shopping on their Amazon wish list, which will be sent to them directly. If you're interested in hosting your own collection drive, email overflowcafenc@ Current collection drives are at Grants Creek Nursery, Blue Creek Baptist Church and Bethlehem FWB Church until March 2nd. Jacksonville Area Soccer Association, Posh Salon and Richlands Pentacostal Assembly are also collecting donations. They'll be hosting a 'Bags of Hope' cornhole tournament fundraiser on March 8th at 9:30 A.M at Steep Park, 278 Francktown Road. For more details, go to their website or call 910-375-9503 Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
