Pots of fun deadline nearing

It’s not long until the registration deadline for this year’s Daffodil Schools Challenge and Mini Pots of Care fundraising activities.

Daffodil Schools Challenge and Mini Pots of Care are Marie Curie Cancer Care run educational activities that encourage creativity and industry in young people of all ages.

The scheme tasks pupils, aged 11 to 16, with designing, planning, and creating a visual display based on the Marie Curie’s daffodil emblem, either at school or elsewhere in the community. They are also challenged to raise money for Marie Curie Cancer Care in the process

For Mini Pots of Care, children aged 3-11 receive a free pot and a daffodil bulb to plant in the autumn term. The children then care for their flower over the winter months to reflect the work of Marie Curie nurses.

In spring, when the daffodils bloom, the children have fun on Mini Pots of Care Day by painting their pots before taking them home to someone they care about, in return for a donation for Marie Curie Cancer Care.

The funds raised through both activities will help Marie Curie nurses care for terminally ill people in their own homes at the end of their lives, surrounded by loved ones.

Registration for both activities close on the 30th of September 2010, so to find out more – including free downloadable lesson plans and activity resources for youth groups – please visit www.mariecurie.org.uk/schoolsandyouth or call 08700 340 040.