Drinking coffee and eating cake whilst raising lots of money for Macmillan – what’s not to love?!
The Cancer Information Development team has been out and about in various locations to support coffee mornings this year. Have a look at what some of our team got up to...
Cancer Content Developer Debbie went along to Streatham Ice Rink and Leisure Centre. There was also a jumble sale and raffle there. Plus a guess-the-weight-of-the-cake.
Selina, our Editorial Manager, was asked to judge the best cake at the Minet Library in Myatt’s Fields. Watch out Mary Berry!
The judges chose this rather tasty looking lemon drizzle cake as the winner – yum!
Also asked to judge cakes was Senior Information Development Nurse Sue. Here she is at Bluecoats Sports Health and Fitness Club with a selection of delicious cakes – it’s a hard job but somebody had to do it...
Abi, Editor, had a busy evening of baking prior to her coffee morning. She was up past midnight and her kitchen suffered a bit...
But it was all worth it, as the coffee morning raised £356.72!
Here’s Abi and her sister with some pictures from the coffee morning:
“Seeing someone put a £20 note in the donation box certainly brought back to me how much people value Macmillan’s support. I was proud to be there wearing a Macmillan T-shirt and telling people I work for Macmillan. Knowing that all around the country, people were doing what I was doing, enjoying a sociable morning and raising money for an important cause, was a brilliant start to the day. The food was great too!” Abi
Managing Editor Emma attended a coffee morning at Bracknell Leisure Centre. The Centre is also home to a preschool, so there were lots of young supporters there on the day keen to sample the cake.
Emma’s daughter Poppy was also very chuffed with the Macmillan balloon that she picked up from the coffee morning.
One keen baker produced some impressive Macmillan logo cakes!
And BBC Berkshire even turned up to report on the event! The coffee morning raised around £350 – that’s £100 more than last year.
Our Editorial Assistants Elissia and Imogen, and Senior Information Development Nurse Tracy headed to Language Connect, who translate our information into different languages. They had lots of fun with masks, while Language Connect hoped to beat their £80 target from last year.
Saj, Cancer Information Manager, headed to the M&S in Hemel Hempstead and even did a bit of cycling to attract potential donators and work off that cake!
Meanwhile, Senior Editor Sarah and Editors Marilisa and Emma went along to a coffee morning hosted by The Ritzy in Brixton.
There were lots of delicious homemade cakes, onion bhajis, quiche and brownies. They even had Macmillan’s cancer information on display.
It’s always great to see the fruits of our labour being given out in public. We’re proud of all of our booklets and leaflets, and we hope they help those who use them.
We had a great time at Coffee Morning this year, and we’re already looking forward to next year’s! In 2013, the World’s Biggest Coffee Morning raised over £20 million for Macmillan – let’s see how we do this year!
The money raised will help Macmillan be there for everyone affected by cancer. It will fund nurses, the Macmillan support line, cancer support centres in hospitals, and much more. It will make sure people have the support they desperately need when they’re going through the toughest time of their life. So pats on the back all round for everyone who attended or hosted a Coffee Morning this year!
Did you go to a Macmillan Coffee Morning or host one yourself?
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