I'm fundraising for a great cause!
Sit tight, this is a long one!
In November last year, on what was a normal Tuesday working from home, my Mum phoned me. While Mum ringing wasn't unusual, the time certainly was, as she was normally at work.
My Grandmother had been ill and my heart sunk expecting this to be the call that I was dreading. Mum's first words were Grandma is okay, but you need to sit down. She proceeded to tell me that one of our family friends had taken his life overnight. This had come completely out of left field as my parents had only had dinner with him and his wife the Friday beforehand and everything seemed completely normal.
Since then, my eyes have been opened even wider to mental health and the battle that so many people are fighting. I now want to do all that I can to ensure that no one has to go through what our friends did and continue to go through.
R U Ok? Day is September 9 this year and I am making sugar cookies to fundraise for R U Ok? Cookies will be $3 each with $1 from every cookie being donated to R U Ok? I will also set up a fundraising page for those who don't want cookies but would still like to donate or for those who are kind enough to donate extra.
My fundraising target is $500 and orders are open as of today.
Cookies will be individually wrapped and ready for collection or delivery (at cost) between Wednesday 8th and Sunday 12th September. As they are individually wrapped, these cookies can also be posted. I am more than happy to do other dates in September (availability permitting) for office or community group fundraisers, just get in touch and we can work something out.
Please feel free to share this with your family and friends as the more the merrier.
Please take time everyday, not just on September 9, to ask R U Ok? As it might just save someone's life!
