By Jon Moreno
THE Earl Mountbatten Hospice’s Challenge 1000 initiative is set to benefit from a Shanklin woman’s fundraising enterprise, transforming neglected teddies into care bears.
Over the past 30 years, Jane Page has become a well-known fundraising figure, having raised well over £10,000 for the hospice, Macmillan, Breakthrough Breast Cancer and other local causes.
She also helped to co-ordinate a big fundraising minibus appeal for Sandown High School.
COLLECTS AND RECYCLES
The grandmother of four, of Collingwood Road, collects and recycles teddies — mending them, washing them, hanging them out to dry and then selling them at fairs and festivals on the Island throughout the year.
The 64 year old also knits scarves and makes hats and ribbons for the teddies.
The retired Isle of Wight receptionist, who developed a passion for teddy bears as a collector before she began selling them, said: "When I first heard about Challenge 1000, I thought raising £100 should be easy enough."
Jane’s next teddy sale will be at St Saviour’s Church, Shanklin, on Saturday, November 22.
Anyone wishing to donate their old bears can send them to Jane at 34 Collingwood Road, Shanklin, or phone her on 862081.
Reproduced with acknowledgements to Isle of Wight County Press
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