Charity, Education, Poole | Posted on November 14th, 2024 | return to news
Poole students share festive joy to help families facing cancer
Christmas cards designed by children from a Poole primary school will help to raise funds for Dorset families living with cancer.
Dorset Cancer Care Foundation (DCCF) asked pupils from Coastal Learning Partnerships’ Heatherlands Primary School, in Library Road, to help create images to adorn the charity’s 2024 Christmas cards. Proceeds from the sale of the cards will go towards supporting local families affected by cancer.
Entries came in from across the school’s year groups and six winning designs were chosen and transformed into greetings cards. Each of the winners – Charlie, Eli, Alex, Elena, Grace, and Terri – received a framed copy of their design and two tickets to a Dorset family attraction.
Charlie said: “This is amazing! I didn’t think I would win. I painted a snowman because I am hoping we will have snow this year and I can build a snowman.”
Alex said: “I feel very proud of myself.”
Grace added: “I didn’t know what was happening when I was called out of class, then they said I was a winner. It’s brilliant! I can’t wait to show my family my picture of a gingerbread man on the charity’s Christmas cards!”
Poole-based charity the DCCF, raises funds to provide financial assistance to Dorset families facing financial hardship because of cancer. The charity gives grants to help patients pay for costs including accommodation, transport to and from hospital, childcare and counselling.
Jo Saunders, marketing and communications manager for the DCCF said: “We were impressed when we saw the beautiful designs the children had drawn and painted. It was extremely difficult to choose just six winners for our cards, but we did, and they look fabulous.
“Meeting all the children was such a pleasure. They were extremely polite and interested to see what their designs looked like as actual Christmas cards. We are confident their cards will prove very popular this year and help us to raise much-needed funds to help many local families.”
Heatherlands Primary School Headteacher Julian Churchill said: “We are very proud of the children’s response to this opportunity for a really important cause.
“We will now be aiming to sell as many cards for the DCCF as possible in the run-up to Christmas, both at school and at our Christmas Fair on 6 December.”
DCCF Christmas cards cost £3 for a pack of six, with all proceeds going to local families with cancer. They are available to order online from 2024 Charity Christmas Cards or via the DCCF office (B4 at Discovery Court, Wallisdown Road, Poole).
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