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UNICEF was the first charity to produce and sell cards for the purpose of raising funds. [13] 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.
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 ...
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 ...
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.
Ferry Aid was a British-American charity supergroup, brought together to record the song "Let It Be" in 1987. The single was released following the Zeebrugge Disaster; on 6 March 1987 the ferry MS Herald of Free Enterprise had capsized, killing 193 passengers and crew. All proceeds from sales of the single were donated to the charity set up in ...
The Christmas Seal & Charity Stamp Society is a non-profit philatelic organization devoted to collecting Christmas seals, charity labels, fundraising seals, charity stamps and semi-postal postage stamps where part of the cost of the stamp goes to charity.
An American Gold Eagle. The Christmas Kettle (also referred to as the Red Kettle due to its color) is The Salvation Army's most famous street campaign. It is most recognized during the Christmas season through its volunteers who stand outside of businesses and play or sing Christmas carols, or ring bells to inspire passersby to place donations of cash and checks inside the trademark red kettles.
An Oxfam charity shop in Covent Garden, London.Mitty established the first Oxfam charity shop in Oxford. Joseph Sidney Mitty MBE (7 May 1919 – 30 September 2007) was a British salesman and the man who turned the first Oxfam gift shop into a national retail network of shops selling second hand clothing and other goods.