Cait Posted March 4, 2012 Posted March 4, 2012 (edited) Have you come across Ellie's Fund? It's a group near my daughter in Scarborough, and I thought some of you may be interested 1) Collect your empty baby wipe packets (any brand) and wrap them in a thick plastic bag or box. Fewer, bigger parcels are better; so if you and your friends/nursery are collecting, please think about sending one parcel between you. 2) When you have a parcel ready e-mail info@elliesfund.com and we will email you a freepost postage label. (Ellie's Fund is a small charity, this will save us postage costs.) Drop the parcel at your local post office as soon as possible – the labels are tracked and I am only able to download more once parcels are received at the depot. If you are in Scarborough I will happily collect full boxes from you. 3) Each postage label can only be used once so if you need more just e-mail again! The packets go directly to a recycling centre who credit Ellie's Fund with 2p for each packet received. If you would like to send your packets to us we will gladly deal with them for you, just send them to the address at the bottom of this email. The baby wipe packets are made into other items such as plastic bibs, dustbins and watering cans. Money that is raised by Ellie's Fund goes to the brain tumour research laboratory in Leeds and to support children who are going through treatment. Since 2010 Ellie’s Fund has raised over £60 000, supported 17 children and sent £16 500 to the research lab and £1900 towards the cost of refurbishing the children's neurosurgical ward at Leeds General Infirmary. If you would like to know more about Ellie’s Fund our website address is www.elliesfund.com Ellie’s Fund also works to raise brain tumour awareness so I have also attached our e-petition leaflet. ‘We’, the brain tumour community, are asking MPs to discuss brain tumour funding in the House of Commons. Brain tumour survival rates have not improved in 40 years. Brain tumours are now the biggest cancer killer of children in the UK. There are 16 000 new cases diagnosed every year. Of these, 85% will succumb within 5 years of diagnosis. Shockingly, 65% more women die from a brain tumour each year than from cervical cancer. We have until June to collect 100 000 signatures, and we might stand a chance of making a start to changing these figures. So please do sign the petition (as well as collecting baby wipe packets) and ask all your family and friends to as well. Thank you. Here’s the link: http://epetitions.di...petitions/17419 With very best wishes, Heather Heather Othick Ellie's Mum Founder & Chair of the Trustees www.elliesfund.com Facebook group: Ellie’s Fund – Brain Tumour Trust Twitter: @elliesfundinfo Registered charity number 1138359 MARCH IS BRAIN TUMOUR AWARENESS MONTH – COULD YOU HELP TO RAISE AWARENESS BY TAKING PART IN ‘WEAR A HAT DAY’ ON MARCH 30TH? DETAILS ARE ON OUR WEBSITE WWW.ELLIESFUND.COM/EVENTS-CALENDAR PO Box 473 Scarborough North Yorkshire YO11 9DQ Donate to Ellie's Fund via JustTextGiving: text ELFU01 £2/£5/£10 to 70070. Texts are charged at your normal rate. Proud member of Brain Tumour Research Registered charity number 1093411 Funding the fight. Edited March 4, 2012 by Cait 1 Quote
HappyMaz Posted March 4, 2012 Posted March 4, 2012 What a good idea Cait - I can only imagine how many empty packets must be thrown away each week by childcare groups! 1 Quote
klc106 Posted March 4, 2012 Posted March 4, 2012 I've signed the petition and will start saving baby wipe packets. :1b 1 Quote
Jackie H Posted March 4, 2012 Posted March 4, 2012 Hello Heather, we are collecting at Little Owls and nice to see Ellies fund on here xx 1 Quote
Fredbear Posted March 4, 2012 Posted March 4, 2012 ePetition all done. I will certainly see what we can do regarding the baby wipe packs too. 1 Quote
Guest Posted March 4, 2012 Posted March 4, 2012 Thanks Cait! I've signed the petition, printed the posters and will pass the link on to the parents tomorrow. Nona Quote
narnia Posted March 4, 2012 Posted March 4, 2012 A really good idea, I have signed the petition; I knew a young boy in our village who died of a brain tumour at 13 years of age, he was in my youngest daughter's class at school. At the other end of the scale, my father also died of a brain tumour. Something as simple as saving old packets could help research to find a cure?? Count me in and I'll ask my mums to save them too. 1 Quote
sunnyday Posted March 5, 2012 Posted March 5, 2012 petition signed and will start collecting those packs! :1b Quote
Panders Posted March 5, 2012 Posted March 5, 2012 put sign outside this morning for parents and one has already brought in a dozen empty packets, apparently she had been saving them for some other charity project, but now she will do this one. Quote
sunnyday Posted March 5, 2012 Posted March 5, 2012 I said to one of my 'childminder' mums "do you get through a lot of baby wipes"? I think she thought it was a 'trick question' and quickly replied "no I hardly ever use them".....I then explained why I was asking and she said "oh, yes, I'll certainly be able to bring lots of empty packets along to you"! 1 Quote
Cait Posted March 5, 2012 Author Posted March 5, 2012 Love it! I asked a mother of twins if she had any and she said "Can't afford to use things like that! We use a wet flannel!" oh well Quote
sunnyday Posted March 14, 2012 Posted March 14, 2012 Wow! My parents have really got behind this one - we have simply 'loads' of packets already! :1b Quote
nicci1987 Posted April 25, 2012 Posted April 25, 2012 We have been doing it for 2 months now... and are having to empty the box at the entrance hall about once a week... its really nice to see lots of parents getting behind it too Quote
Fredbear Posted April 25, 2012 Posted April 25, 2012 We have also been overwhelmed by the response to Ellie's fund, one large box already sent and second one filling up fast. 1 Quote
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