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Newbiggin Children Get Their Hands Dirty For Charity -
Youngsters from Windsor First School in Newbiggin by the Sea are joining more than 200,000 children across the UK to take part in Mini Pots of Care, an exciting and creative fundraising activity for Marie Curie Cancer Care, run in partnership with Yellow Pages.
Each child has been given their own ‘mini pot’ in which they have planted a daffodil bulb. The children will learn how to care for the bulb and when the daffodil blooms in spring, they will be invited to paint their pot and take it home to somebody they care about in return for a small donation to Marie Curie Cancer Care.
Mini Pots of Care forms part of the Great Daffodil Appeal, the charity’s flagship
annual fundraising campaign which takes place throughout March and is supported by
Yellow Pages. Every pound raised through these fundraising activities goes directly
to the work of the Marie Curie Nurses, who provide high-
Anne Carter, Headteacher at Windsor First School, said: “The children have thoroughly enjoyed planting their daffodil bulbs and are looking forward to caring for them at over the next few months. By taking part in this simple and fun activity, the whole school has been learning about the fantastic work of the Marie Curie Nurses.”
Mini Pots of Care is also supported by Homebase, who have kindly donated all planting materials free of charge for the Mini Pots of Care school kits and City Link, who will be coordinating the distribution and delivery of the Mini Pots of Care kits to schools free of charge.