cancer fundraising
The Gift-A-Bears have continued to do really well and have actually complimented the Life of Mique teddies. The beauty of these bears is the buyer being able to choose which charity you want the profits donated to. This set of 4 bears was kindly bought by my wonderful friend Debbie for the children being treated
Today I have been coming to terms with the phenomenal support for the Life of Mique teddy bears. Two weeks ago if someone had told me the fundraising amount would pass £1000 I would have never believed them. To everyone who has bought a bear thank you so much it means a great deal, and
I am writing a special Valentine’s Day journal post a few days early, mainly because on Monday, as a single person, I will be deflecting my thoughts away from knowing that the postman won’t be leaving any cards for me. Although, having said that for the most part I am pretty ok with it these
The amazing support for Monique Buckingham has continued today with a whole load of new orders taking the amount raised by the Life of Mique teddy bears to over £900, which I’ve donated to the Go Fund Me page. I can’t believe that it’s still less than two weeks since the idea was hatched. Quite
Today was a day that will long live in my memory. I met Monique @thelifeofmique at Colchester Hospital. Monique’s mum had made contact last week and between us we arranged today’s visit, which Monique was completely unaware about. It’s about a two hour drive from work near Henley to Colchester, so I left at lunchtime
The best thing about today was not the appearance of the Life of Mique teddy bear with Monique, nor was it the influx of new teddy bear orders tonight following Monique’s post, but it was seeing Monique making it outside after such a awful week. It’s impossible to fully appreciate what she is going through,
The Life of Mique teddy bear photos continued to arrive today, and the amazing support has continued with yet more orders coming in, which will all add to the Go Fund Me page. The teddy bears are now heading towards the £600 mark, and in only about 10 days ♥ The bowel cancer / cancer
Today I managed to get right up to date with the Life of Mique teddy bear orders. It’s been a crazy 8-9 days that’s for sure. Everyone who has placed an order has now had their bear / bears dispatched. The remaining 15 teddies went out today including four to the United States. I also
I have started to receive photos of the Life of Mique teddy bears in their new homes. It’s always so nice to receive photos and be tagged in posts, and the comments have been so very kind. If you have bought a bear please send me a photo thanks. A quick update on the orders.
This time one week ago, the idea came to launch the Life of Mique teddy bears to support the Go Fund Me page for Monique Buckingham. Monique is currently in hospital and has been told that there is no more treatment available to her on the NHS, so any other treatments will have to be
