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FP's FP Mailing 3 peak challenge
Fundraising for CoppaFeel
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In December 2017, we chose Coppafeel! as our charity of the year.
What is Coppafeel!?
Coppafeel! is an incredible charity set up in 2009 and is the only charity to solely focus on creating awareness amongst young people to know their bodies in order to increase the number of breast cancer survivors. Their mission is to ensure all breast cancers are diagnosed early and correctly by:
- Encouraging you to check your boobs regularly from a young age.
- Educating you on the signs and symptoms of breast cancer.
- Empowering you to seek advice from a doctor if symptoms persist.
They hold many events, attend festivals, schools, universities and work places with a team of ‘Boobettes’ attending. The Boobettes are volunteers who have suffered from breast cancer in the past; they talk about their personal experience of breast cancer and tips on how we can detect it sooner rather than later.
Coppafeel! is all about awareness, so they want to get the word out as much as possible. They are heavily focused on social media, in the press and ask all of their affiliates to shout about it as much as possible!
As you can imagine, as a small charity, Coppafeel! rely on sponsorship from companies like ourselves. Some of Coppafeel!’s current partners including FP Mailing are:
- Sweaty Betty
- Barry M
- Avon
- ITVBe
Just a couple of examples of how Coppafeel! spend the money that we raise:
- £5 enables 100 SMS boob-check reminders to be sent.
- £10 allows the Boobettes to be well equipped with awareness materials so they can carry out talks to educate hundreds of young people.
- £25 enables provision of a handy shower sticker to act as a monthly reminder to 70 young people.
What have FP Mailing done so far?
We’ve been really excited here at FP to work with Coppafeel! and have already hosted of different charity events this year, including:
- Valentines FP bake off
- Boob brunch
- Parties at home
Our next event is our biggest; The FP 3 Peaks Challenge! 12 of our keenest staff members are set to climb the 3 peaks in July. We will be driving up to Scotland first to combat Ben Nevis, then driving straight to Scafel Pike in Lake District. We will then drive through the night to Wales to complete the last peak, Snowdon.
The 12 volunteers all range in fitness and ability and it will be down to teamwork and sheer determination to complete it; all in aid of Coppafeel!