Selling hand-made key chains
Sep 05, 2008 - 03:03 PM
AJAX -- Three young ladies are banding together to help fight cancer.
Nadine Proctor and her friends Rebecca and Kaitlin Briell are making and selling key chains, with the proceeds going to the Canadian Cancer Society.
Nadine's mother, Susan, was diagnosed with breast cancer two years ago. Also, Nadine's grandparents died from cancer, as did her former Lester B. Pearson Public School teacher, Larry Shortt, who passed away on Aug. 30.
"I designed (the key chains) when my mom was diagnosed with breast cancer. I designed them and it's gone from there," said Nadine, 12.
They call their effort Key Chains for Cancer.
"We're asking for a minimum donation of $3 and they can give whatever they want from there," Nadine said.
They've set up a booth at Shopper's Drug Mart and went to Ajax fire stations to sell key chains.
During a recent outing, they sold $400 worth of key chains. They'll be selling them on Sept. 11 at the open house for their Ajax school.
"It's cool. We feel good about it when we're done," Nadine said about selling the key chains.
The girls have approached Loblaws about setting up a booth.
"When people come to us, we talk to them," Nadine said. "Everybody came by; they all had a story to tell us."
Family members of Rebecca, 12, and Kaitlin, 10, have taken the items to work to sell, Nadine said.
"They got a donation of beads and they've been busy beading," Ms. Proctor said.
The cancer society dictates which colours can be used, as different colours are for different forms of cancer. Pink is for breast cancer, white for lung cancer, light blue for colorectal cancer, dark blue for prostate cancer, orange for leukemia and yellow for cancer generally.
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