Over Christmas, the 5th Dartford Scout Group’s Leigh Pack Cubs decorated a tree for the Dartford Christmas Tree Festival.
The Cubs made and decorated decorations out of recycled materials to raise some money for a local charity.
John (Akala) asked the boys if they had any charities that they would like to raise money for, and one of the boys suggested The Teenage Cancer trust, which has recently started a South East Branch.
I contacted the Teenage Cancer Trust and made them aware that we would be raising money for their very well needed trust. They were very helpful with our appeal and sent us banners, stickers, balloons and a collection box, which along with the Cubs decorations this made a excellent display for our tree.
This is a wonderful occasion, where the children get the opportunity to really show their creative side and enjoy a fun evening of design.
In the picture below, I’m sure you will agree that our tree really did have great effort spent on it.
When the festival was over, the collection pots where counted by the festival organisers and we received a cheque to send off to The Teenage Cancer Trust for £65.94 which is a fantastic amount of money raised for such a fantastic appeal.
Thank you for everyone who donated to this fund, I’m sure this money will go a long way to helping young people in our community with life threatening illnesses.
If you would like to find out more information about The Teenage Cancer Trust please click on the link below.
http://www.teenagecancertrust.org/get-involved/as-a-fundraiser/unit-appeals/south-east/