# Igloo sells on eBay and raises £2,000+ for Yorkshire Cancer Research

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2013/01/25/igloo-sells-ebay-and-raises-2000-yorkshire-cancer-research/
- Published: 2013-01-25T14:31:44+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**Five friends who built an igloo for fun in snowy Harrogate on Monday evening have
used it to raise over £2,000 for Yorkshire Cancer Research.**

First it was sold on eBay for £571, and then the friends set up a JustGiving page
to enable others to show their appreciation for their structure. So far that has
raised £2,693. Craig Parker, Greg Davies, Carl Baranovsky, Mark Baranovsky and Tom
Davies spent eight hours building the igloo. For a while it was listed on property
website Rightmove.

On eBay it was described as “A beautifully presented and smartly appointed ground
floor stand alone studio apartment with huge garden overlooking the Stray. Enviably
located on one of Harrogate’s most prestigious sections of The Stray, superbly placed
within easy reach of the town center”.

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For services, they added: “Garden is maintained by the council” and for facilities
they said: “Easy access to Sunday league football”. They admitted that “Building
is at risk of chav damage”.

Sally Crerar, Head of Community Fundraising at Yorkshire Cancer Research, said: “
We’re very proud that such a unique and prestigious property is being auctioned 
to raise money for Yorkshire Cancer Research”.

www.justgiving.com/iglooforsale/

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