Monday, April 30, 2012

Donated Booh Bear for Children's Hospital Charity

Earlier this year a dear lady who collects my bears (Karen Baldwin) contacted me and asked if I would be able to help her raise funds to help the Children's Hospital in Belfast, Northern Ireland purchase an MRI Scanner.   Karen is a Cognitive Behavioral Therapist in the U.K. and she became involved in this quest as she had a friend who's child battled cancer and had to travel many miles for his MRI scans.   Being a cancer survivor myself and remembering how it felt to just travel far enough for my chemo appointments, I can't imagine these small children, who are gravely ill, having to travel for hours for their much needed scans - scans that are mandatory to track and pinpoint the cancerous cells.   Please help the Children's Hospital in Belfast, Northern Ireland raise funds for an MRI Scanner. Send PayPal Donation to: karen.baldwin@cbtservices.co.uk     Donation of $1 GPB will allow your name to be entered in a drawing to win this Booh Bear! Please do not mention "raffle or drawing" on your Donation as PayPal will not allow this.   Karen will send your ticket numbers after receiving your Donation.  The drawing will take place on May 19th and Karen will email the winner.  Postage will be paid by Karen. ** Please note **  I just heard from Karen that there will be 5 bears in this drawing - so when you buy a ticket, this will give you a chance to win one of 5 bears!  Celia is one of them and then there will be 4 other artist's that have donated bears to the cause, as well.  THE CHILDREN, KAREN AND I THANK YOU!  The winners have been drawn!  Thank you so much to everyone who participated.  They raised over $500 GPB for the cause.  The winners are as follows:   **** 467 - Rachel Moran  396 - Faye Ward  127 - Ciara Callaghan  365 - Jean Doherty  and 208 - Nysha Nelson ****  

10 comments:

  1. Done :o) Although I'm originally from Belfast, I was lucky enough not to have to go to the children's hospital. Hope this helps those that have to

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  2. Your donation is greatly appreciated, Katy. Thank you ever so much and Good Luck on winning Celia! xoxo

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  3. What a lovely bear Janice. I have been lucky lately with contests, so I am headed over to buy tickets. Wish me luck!

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    1. Thank you so much for helping out, Joanne. It is greatly appreciated. I hope you win her so I can visit her occasionally! LOL! :o)

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  4. Oh that is wonderful, thank you for helping Joanne. The Bear ist so sweet, i like it

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  5. thanks johanne for all the beautiful bears you make and this one is really beautiful. You are such a kind person. Mary Martiny

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    1. Thank you, Mary. I hope you will purchase a ticket to help the children :o) Big hugs, Janice

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  6. I haven't visited in a bit and just had to tell you how beautiful this sweet little bear is...and for such a wonderful cause too! What a special gal you are!!

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Thank you ever so much for taking the time to comment. xxxx