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by Hayley Kenward  What charity or organisation do you run? A Touch of Hope, I raise money and awareness for a variety of charities. It’s just me, an individual wanting to help others and help make a difference. What do you hope to achieve? For this particular project I have commissioned 250 limited edition Merrythought teddy bears in memory of 2 friends who passed away in 2015/2016 with cancer. Both were treated at the Royal Marsden Hospitals so by doing this I want to raise £7k for the Royal Marsden Cancer Charity to say thank you. How have you done so far? I have had adverts in numerous newspapers, social media and have attended 2 teddy bear festivals to-date. I have managed to sell 67 teddy bears out of the 250 so far, I only started selling them in May 2017.  If you could wish for 3 things, money excluded, what would you wish for? I wish for a cure for all cancers, I wish for health, peace and happiness in the world and most of all I wish to sell all these bears as I cannot wait to present the charity with a £7k cheque. How can people donate or get involved? If they’d like to buy a limited edition teddy bear, please visit my website www.atouchofhope.co.uk If they cannot afford a bear but still want to support this campaign they could share the social media adverts, go and like my Facebook Page @ATouchofHopeUK, I am also on Twitter and Instagram with the same username. Share, share, share and lets get these bears sold! Hayley Kenward A Touch of Hope Contact email: info@atouchofhope.co.uk  3 Wishes is a series of articles dedicated to help charities and organisations in our area connect with our community. If you'd like to take part please email us ZoneZine is your local online community magazine for our area (zones) covering Ovingdean, Woodingdean, Saltdean, Rottingdean, Telscombe Cliffs & Village, Peacehaven, Newhaven and nearby. We are always on the lookout for contributors. If you have any photographs, videos or articles you would like to see published on ZoneZine then please contact us here |
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