World’s Biggest Coffee Morning still goes on in spirit
Although the strict time limits for the World’s Biggest Coffee Morning have come and gone (the formal date for the event was 30 September), the population of the country still continues to show enormous support for the charity which organised the campaign, Macmillan Cancer Support. Many of us will be affected, either directly or indirectly, by the disease and huge support is shown to the organisation by coffee morning fund-raising.
In fact, things continue apace. Pete and Diane Wheatley have recently organised another coffee morning in aid of the charity. The sums raised amounted to some £277, as a result of all the coffee-sipping, cake-nibbling, gift and jewellery-buying and, of course, the coffee morning staple, the raffle.
The profile of the event was raised as the Mayor of the Market Deeping, the venue of the coffee morning, attended too.
The Macmillan Cancer Support is a subject close to the Wheatley’s heart – sadly, cancer has claimed the lives of loved ones and so they appreciate on a very personal level, what a wonderful job the charity does in providing support and practical advice to those who are affected and need assistance during their dark days.
The couple has organised events in the past, similar to the recent coffee morning, but had taken a break for a few years. Now they are back with refreshed vigour and zest for the fund-raising events of the future. Long may this continue to help those who need the aid of the charity so much.