I don't know if you've managed to catch the current Tetley Tea advert on the TV. I had missed it up to now but yesterday morning while I was driving I heard the radio version and maybe because I was alone I listened to it more carefully.
The gist of the advert is that we spend perhaps too much time keeping in touch with friends and family by phone, text, email, Facebook, twitter, skype, etc and not enough in their company, close enough to hug and touch. The advert suggested that we drink tea together and Make Time!
I love the idea of making time, it's what my family is all about and we love to get together to drink coffee or tea or most likely a glass of wine or two, often accompanied by something homemade. The being together is what is important but the tea and cakes or wine and dinner is what makes it even more special. I'd love everyone to get that feeling, being wanted, feeling cared about, being part of something bigger so I'd like to suggest that you all join our Harrison's Cake Time Party during the first week of November.
So what does that mean? We'd love it if you host a Cake Time Party. It doesn't matter if it's big or small, if you have half a dozen friends or 100 friends. It can be at home, school, work, in a community hall, anywhere you fancy. Elaborate or very simple, that is up to you. All we'd like is for you to have a great time with your friends and ask them for a donation for Harrison's Fund.
With the Great British Bake Off being televised at the moment there seems to be an even greater surge of interest in baking. Perhaps the current economic climate has driven us to enjoy some simple home pleasures rather than expensive nights out and so baking is becoming so much more popular with all age groups. I know my daughters love to bake and love to feed their loved ones and friends. Baking's become an all ages, both sexes activity, so let's put that enthusiasm to a great use and raise money for Harrison's Fund.
Harrison's Fund is a charity raising money for research to find a cure for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. My grandson, Harrison has this cruel disease, we need to find a cure and make time for Harrison because that is the problem, he has very limited time. Boys, and a very few girls, with Duchenne are not able to repair their muscles and so they waste away, leaving them in a wheelchair by their teens and probably losing the battle to stay alive in their twenties. The heart is a muscle too and however much courage and fight they have it will eventually not be able to keep going!
If you imagine Wembley Stadium with the spectator seats filled with healthy young men and then imagine the 2 teams and all the officials all have Duchenne. That is the proportion of sufferers there are. It is the largest genetic killer of children!
There is a lot of positive research happening and this is moving into clinical trials, we want this research to move ahead as quickly as possible and to do that they need a lot of money!
This is why we'd like you to join our Cake Time Party.
Hundreds of people raising small amounts of money will all add up to enough money to make a real difference and what better way to do this than getting together with friends, family, colleagues or your neighbours and sharing time, a drink and cake!
So get organising and lets all make time to help these children and give them a real future.
So here's the details
Harrison's Cake Time Party
When: November 1st - 8th 2012 (or when it suits you)
Where: Anywhere you like, home, work, school, community hall
Cost: What you feel is right or have a box for donations, don't be scared to ask, you're giving them a lovely time and people love to help a good cause.
How to pass donations to Harrison's Fund: https://mydonate.bt.com/events/caketimeparty
Need more information: Contact me (Jenni) on info@harrisonsfund.com
Recipe ideas: I can give you some, or why not think about buying Harrison's own Cake Time Recipe Book with brilliant recipes from family, friends and celebrities like Joanne Wheatley, Holly Bell, Sarah Beeny, Shelina Permaloo, Dhruv Baker, Greg Wallace, Christine Hamilton, Fiona Cairns to name a few!
https://mydonate.bt.com/fundraisers/andrearobinson2
And most importantly don't forget to send me and Harrison an invitation too, we both love cake!
Make Time for Cake Time ....
The gist of the advert is that we spend perhaps too much time keeping in touch with friends and family by phone, text, email, Facebook, twitter, skype, etc and not enough in their company, close enough to hug and touch. The advert suggested that we drink tea together and Make Time!
I love the idea of making time, it's what my family is all about and we love to get together to drink coffee or tea or most likely a glass of wine or two, often accompanied by something homemade. The being together is what is important but the tea and cakes or wine and dinner is what makes it even more special. I'd love everyone to get that feeling, being wanted, feeling cared about, being part of something bigger so I'd like to suggest that you all join our Harrison's Cake Time Party during the first week of November.
So what does that mean? We'd love it if you host a Cake Time Party. It doesn't matter if it's big or small, if you have half a dozen friends or 100 friends. It can be at home, school, work, in a community hall, anywhere you fancy. Elaborate or very simple, that is up to you. All we'd like is for you to have a great time with your friends and ask them for a donation for Harrison's Fund.
With the Great British Bake Off being televised at the moment there seems to be an even greater surge of interest in baking. Perhaps the current economic climate has driven us to enjoy some simple home pleasures rather than expensive nights out and so baking is becoming so much more popular with all age groups. I know my daughters love to bake and love to feed their loved ones and friends. Baking's become an all ages, both sexes activity, so let's put that enthusiasm to a great use and raise money for Harrison's Fund.
Harrison's Fund is a charity raising money for research to find a cure for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. My grandson, Harrison has this cruel disease, we need to find a cure and make time for Harrison because that is the problem, he has very limited time. Boys, and a very few girls, with Duchenne are not able to repair their muscles and so they waste away, leaving them in a wheelchair by their teens and probably losing the battle to stay alive in their twenties. The heart is a muscle too and however much courage and fight they have it will eventually not be able to keep going!
If you imagine Wembley Stadium with the spectator seats filled with healthy young men and then imagine the 2 teams and all the officials all have Duchenne. That is the proportion of sufferers there are. It is the largest genetic killer of children!
There is a lot of positive research happening and this is moving into clinical trials, we want this research to move ahead as quickly as possible and to do that they need a lot of money!
This is why we'd like you to join our Cake Time Party.
Hundreds of people raising small amounts of money will all add up to enough money to make a real difference and what better way to do this than getting together with friends, family, colleagues or your neighbours and sharing time, a drink and cake!
So get organising and lets all make time to help these children and give them a real future.
So here's the details
Harrison's Cake Time Party
When: November 1st - 8th 2012 (or when it suits you)
Where: Anywhere you like, home, work, school, community hall
Cost: What you feel is right or have a box for donations, don't be scared to ask, you're giving them a lovely time and people love to help a good cause.
How to pass donations to Harrison's Fund: https://mydonate.bt.com/events/caketimeparty
Need more information: Contact me (Jenni) on info@harrisonsfund.com
Recipe ideas: I can give you some, or why not think about buying Harrison's own Cake Time Recipe Book with brilliant recipes from family, friends and celebrities like Joanne Wheatley, Holly Bell, Sarah Beeny, Shelina Permaloo, Dhruv Baker, Greg Wallace, Christine Hamilton, Fiona Cairns to name a few!
https://mydonate.bt.com/fundraisers/andrearobinson2
And most importantly don't forget to send me and Harrison an invitation too, we both love cake!
Make Time for Cake Time ....
