Exhibition raises $5000 for charities
Celebrating its 10th anniversary, the Pearl Beach Craft Exhibition and Sale held on the October long weekend raised over $5000 for the Mercy Ships and the Leukaemia Foundation charities.
Mercy Ships is an international charity that was founded in 1978.
It currently operates the largest non-governmental hospital ship in the world, providing free health care.
Operating in more than 70 developing countries, it brings hope and healing to the forgotten poor by mobilising people and resources worldwide, and serving people without regards to race.
The current focus is on the countries of West Africa.
The Leukaemia Foundation was founded in 1975 in Queensland and now has offices in all states of Australia.
Each year, the Leukaemia Foundation invests millions of dollars in blood cancer research to improve treatments and find cures.
It receives no ongoing funding and relies on the generosity of corporate and community supporters.
The craft group's Ms Bev Lapacek said Pearl Beach residents have once again shown what a wonderful, generous community they are.
"A very big thank you to all helpers and the local artisans who participated in the stalls," Ms Lapacek said.
Ms Fiona de Vries, a nurse with Mercy Ships in Africa for two years, is pictured accepting the cheque from artist Mary Cottom, and Bev Lapacek from the craft group.
Email, 29 Oct 2013
Lynne Lillico, Pearl Beach Craft Exhibition and Sale