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Coffee mornings – your chance to help
VENUES around the Scarborough area are hosting events for the World's Biggest Coffee Morning, to raise cash for Macmillan Cancer Support.
And the charity is urging people in Scarborough to get in touch with them as soon as possible if they want to beat the deadline to register for its flagship fundraising event.
The main fundraising day is this Friday, although events are taking place on other days.
The charity is delighted at the fantastic response from local people but fundraising bosses are hoping even more people in Scarborough will sign up to take part.
Sally Millinton, fundraising manager for the area, said: "The great thing about this event is that it's so easy to organise – in fact it's a piece of cake to help Macmillan!
"Just invite a few friends round for coffee and a catch-up or organise a coffee party at your work place or local club. There's no right or wrong way to take part."
Macmillan's Chief Executive Ciaran Devane said: "Every penny raised at a coffee morning will help fund more services for people affected by cancer. Your involvement – no matter how small – means there will be enough practical, medical, financial and emotional support to help to change the lives of everyone affected by cancer for the better. And for that, we think you should feel good."
To register to host a coffee morning or find one locally visit www.macmillan.org.uk/coffee or call 0845 602 1246.
The Scarborough area events include:
Scarborough Macmillan Cancer Support Fundraising Group,in St Nicholas Cliff, tomorrow, at 10am.
St Edward's Church Hall, in Avenue Victoria, on Friday between 10.15am and noon. Entrance is 1 and includes refreshments and a prize draw ticket and there will be stalls with cakes, tombola, bric-a-brac and books. Contributions to stalls would be appreciated; for further information call (01723) 370955 or (01723) 361727.
Orchard Lodge bed and breakfast, in North Street, Flixton, on Friday at 11am. Admission is 3 and includes a raffle, coffee and tea and homemade cinnamon and apple pie and cream, with all proceeds going to the charity.
St Andrew's Church, Ramshill Road, on Friday from 10am. On sale will be Traidcraft products, gifts, handmade cards, books, clothes, bric a brac as well as traditional tea, coffee and cakes.
Wrea Head Country House Hotel in Scalby, on Sunday from 10am. There will also be a croquet competition (entry fee 1) on the hotel's lawn – weather permitting – and a raffle with prizes, including a three-course dinner for two in the hotel restaurant.
People are invited to go along and enjoy coffee, tea, homemade scones, cakes and biscuits.
Hotel manager Anne Hodgson said: "Macmillan is an excellent cause and one which is very close to my heart, due to the fantastic support they provided whilst my husband suffered with a rare form of cancer seven years ago."
* Last year there were 48 Macmillan coffee mornings held across Scarborough, raising a fantastic 3,326.
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