We have raised 65,000TL…

scoobydoo


Joined: 10/11/2008
Posts: 2434

Message Posted:
22/08/2011 07:21

……from the expat community in aid of Help Those With Cancer Association/Tulips in the last 3 months!



On behalf of the Association, I would like to say a big



‘THANK YOU!’



to everyone who has supported us from the public who attend our events and buy our raffle tickets, to the performers who support us for free and to the sponsors who are always generous with their prizes



This is an absolutely fantastic achievement but we now are encountering a slight problem, I can here you all groaning but please bear with me and read the following, this is so important.



Most of us, if not all, know someone who has had cancer, and in the TRNC alone there are approx. 15 new cases per week of which AT LEAST one of them is an ex-pat.



The Association’s founder will not discriminate against any nationality and will continue to assist ex-pats as much as possible however over the last 3 months the Association has paid out in excess of 130,000TL on cancer care for ex-

scoobydoo


Joined: 10/11/2008
Posts: 2434

Message Posted:
22/08/2011 07:22

It also needs a minimum of 100,000TL a month to run.



A new initiative has been launched, the first in the TRNC, to the ex-pats to encourage you to pay a monthly fee (just as you maybe would in UK to Oxfam, Barnardo’s etc), via standing order, to help the Association to continue to help us and help balance the figures.



It can be as little as 5 or 10TL to as much as you can comfortably afford.



You will find details in the following banks in the Girne area:



Asbank

Creditwest

Garanti

HSBC

Iktisatbank

Kibris Turk Ogretmenler

Limasol Turk Kooperatif

Seker Bank

Turk Bank

Turkiye Is Bank

Universal



Other outlets will be announced later.



If I could put it another way, could you give up the price of ONE drink per month? That is the minimum we are asking for.



Please find it in your hearts to support this initiative.



Help us to help someone with cancer, it could be you!

TurkBankRep


Joined: 22/01/2009
Posts: 219

Message Posted:
22/08/2011 08:05

hı scoobydoo



recıved a vıst from fund raısers frıday saw them ın my managers offıce

have your leafletts on my desk

ı will promote them to the expat customers and anyone else who wants to help



linda Roy

karaoglanoglu Branch

0392 822 4032

TurkBankRep


Joined: 22/01/2009
Posts: 219

Message Posted:
22/08/2011 08:08

Any TurkBank customers wishing to make a monthly donation from there account or a one off donation please email me l.roy@turkishbank.net for instructions + advice



linda Roy

Karaoglanoglu Branch

blade


Joined: 19/06/2010
Posts: 1286

Message Posted:
22/08/2011 11:43

Well done for being open and honest with your figures.

It will encourage many more people to give.

Keep up the good work!

Tulips


Joined: 08/02/2011
Posts: 223

Message Posted:
22/08/2011 11:52

Thanks you TurkBankRep for posting your support and thank you blade for your encouragement. We really hope that this initiative takes off. We need all of your help. We all know someone who has been touched by Cancer. It could be any of us.



Thanks for your continuing support and all that you have done to help us achieve what we have so far.



Carole

blade


Joined: 19/06/2010
Posts: 1286

Message Posted:
22/08/2011 16:42

Carole, can i please ask do you do any work regarding prevention of cancer?



My uncle has recently had cancer treatment in the UK, initially they thought it was skin cancer but had gone deeper into his ear. He is in a bad way now with removal of part of his ear, an eye op and even with radiotherapy treatment we have little hope he will recover. But this could maybe have been prevented ,maybe by a better education of cancer? We know a lot more now than we did years ago.



So many people here lay by a pool during the summer never considering what that may later contribute to. Maybe a promotional aspect would be a good idea as prevention is alwys better than cure.?

scoobydoo


Joined: 10/11/2008
Posts: 2434

Message Posted:
22/08/2011 19:38

Hi Blade,



Many thanks for your positive feedback above, it is always welcome!



Carole and I work together as volunteers for the Association, so for the moment I will answer for both of us.



The Association is looking at ways to highlight and work toward preventative measures but unfortunately it can only do so much with it's limited resources, as we have tried to highlight, there are so many people now being diagnosed with cancer, it is quite staggering and this uses up a lot of the Associations income.



They have already purchased a mobile mammogram unit to get to the outer areas of the island and are trying to look forward.



We will take your thoughts to the Association and put the suggestion forward as I personally think it is a fantastic idea to highlight throughout the season the disadvantages of continuously sunbathing.



If you have anything further you would like to put forward please either post on here or use our email address:



tulipscarole@yahoo.com



Thank y

Tulips


Joined: 08/02/2011
Posts: 223

Message Posted:
23/08/2011 06:56

Hi Blade



Sue has responded to your questions and I echo her remarks. Awareness and education about ways to reduce the risks of cancer are critical to trying to combat this dreadful disease. We work together to try and get articles in the press and through other media to get the message out.



We will take your suggestions to the Association and push to have awareness raised as high as we can get it.



Thanks again for your feedback.



Carole

Hobnob


Joined: 20/11/2010
Posts: 55

Message Posted:
23/08/2011 17:14

Well done to everyone who helped raise the 65,000TL.



I can't believe the difference in what you raised and what has been spent on the ex-pats!



I for one are off to the bank tomorrow for the cause!



John

Redwine


Joined: 15/01/2009
Posts: 565

Message Posted:
23/08/2011 17:31

What's on Esentepe Guide http://www.meteor.org.uk Features Tulips where you can download a standing order form from the site

Well done tulips

scoobydoo


Joined: 10/11/2008
Posts: 2434

Message Posted:
23/08/2011 22:09

Thanks Redwine, it is very good of you to include this on your site!



What we are asking is



'CAN YOU AFFORD TO GIVE UP ONE DRINK A MONTH?'



If everyone gave 5TL (min), it would soon mount up and the Association would be so much better off.



Sue

Tulips


Joined: 08/02/2011
Posts: 223

Message Posted:
24/08/2011 08:04

Thanks Redwine for putting this on your site. I am sure it will help promote the standing order.



As Sue says, the price or less of a drink a month..........



Carole

Redwine


Joined: 15/01/2009
Posts: 565

Message Posted:
24/08/2011 08:27

No problem - If Esentepe What's on Guide can help in anyway just let me know. I will put on any promotions you may have coming up. Hopefully the standing order form download may help as well.

Good luck

I will personally donate my bottle of effes next time in Windyhill!!

scoobydoo


Joined: 10/11/2008
Posts: 2434

Message Posted:
24/08/2011 08:48

Thank you very much for your support Redwine, and for your offer of help.



It would be better if you filled out a standing order



Sue