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UNICEF was the first charity to produce and sell cards for the purpose of raising funds. [12] The very first UNICEF card was a Christmas card created in 1949. The card was a reproduction of a painting, sent as a thank you to UNICEF in 1947, by seven-year-old Jitka Samkova.
First Minister John Swinney welcomed children to his official residence as he unveiled his Christmas card, which will raise cash to help a leading children’s charity. Mr Swinney’s card ...
Christmas card with holly Jacques Hnizdovsky Christmas card. During the first 70 years of the 19th century it was common for Christmas and other greeting cards to be recycled by women's service organizations who collected them and removed the pictures, to be pasted into scrap books for the entertainment of children in hospitals, orphanages ...
Live Aid was a two-venue benefit concert and music-based fundraising initiative held on Saturday, 13 July 1985. The event was organised by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise further funds for relief of the 1983–1985 famine in Ethiopia, a movement that started with the release of the successful charity single "Do They Know It's Christmas?" in December 1984.
The name Christingle probably derives from a German dialectical word Christkindl, meaning 'Christ-child' [8] [9] or 'Christmas gift'. [9] Alternatively, according to a BBC source, the name means 'Christ Light', [ 1 ] given that the orange and candle symbolise the Light of the World.
How to watch the Vatican Christmas Eve Mass. In the NBC special Christmas Eve Mass, viewers can watch the mass from St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome. The special begins Sunday, Dec. 24 at 11:30 p.m ...
Dave Cooke (born c. 1954) [1] is the founder of two charities: Operation Christmas Child and Teams4U.. Cooke founded the charity Operation Christmas Child (now Samaritan's Purse) in 1990 [2] and developed, then worked for, the biggest shoebox programme in the world.
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