# Marie Curie Cancer Care runs craft partnership again

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2007/11/19/marie-curie-cancer-care-runs-craft-partnership-again/
- Published: 2007-11-19T00:00:00+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

For the third year running Marie Curie Cancer Care is working with crafter magazine
and website ‘do crafts’ to encourage thousands of crafters to take part in the ‘
Create a Card for Cancer Care’ campaign to raise funds for the charity.
The campaign
encourages people to create hand-made cards to be sold for £1 each in Marie Curie
Cancer Care Shops around the country. In the first two years of the campaign, 134,000
greeting cards have been made.

 

 

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In addition, each year ‘do crafts’ create a bespoke daffodil product to sell via
their stockists. In 2006 an exclusive X-Cut Punch raised £30,000 for Marie Curie
Cancer Care and 2007 saw sales of £31,000 with an Anita’s daffodil stamp.

 

 

From January 2008 people will be encouraged to get creative with their friends and
family and to make more cards for the campaign. A limited edition Papermania Ornate
daffodil stamp will be available for £4.99 RRP with £2.50 from every sale being 
donated to Marie Curie Cancer Care.

 

 

Thomas Hughes-Hallett, Chief Executive of Marie Curie Cancer Care, said: “The partnership
has been a great success, with more than 5,000 hours of nursing care being funded
so far.”

 

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