Christmas Card Charity 2024

Christmas Card Charity 2024 

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The blog is created by all of us with entries as they appeared in my What's App in-box and a rogue one which appeared on Messenger.  (I'm saying nothing about the ability of teachers to follow a simple set of instructions!) 

As well as sharing cards and our chosen charities this year, there is also a fun element.

As we discovered in the December meet up, dinosaurs with hats appear to be THE Christmas tree decoration for this year. So, we are mostly being trendy and a little bit daft in 'naming that dinosaur'!  Just ignore the fact that the baby dinosaur's tail is not properly attached to its bottom.  That's what happens when you download a  free image; you get what you don't pay for. 

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Helen J

Love to you all and here's to more active meet ups and lazy lunches in 2025. xx

My chosen charity this year is: War Child which protects, educates and stands up for the rights of children caught up in war.

I name this dinosaur:  Debora (after the whacky Tyrannosaurus Rex song of my childhood.  Bet you can't stop singing that tune now?! )

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Lynn

 

Christmas love to you all. xx

My chosen charity this year is:  Ashgate Hospice.

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Jo 

 

Happy Christmas everyone. xx

My chosen charity this year is: Cancer Research

I name this dinosaur: Dinky

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Helen M

Happy Christmas to you all. H xx

My chosen charity this year is: Crisis

I name this dinosaur:  Mite

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Maggie

Wishing all the Gellybabes a very Merry Christmas 

and a Happy New Year. xx

My chosen charity this year is: Red Cross

I name this dinosaur:  Gellysaurus

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Julia

 

Happy Christmas to all my friends in the Gellybabes.  

Hoping you have a wonderful time and a peaceful and Happy New Year.  

Much love, Julia. xx

My chosen charity this year is:  The Children's Hospice South West because they provide hospice care for  babies, children and young  people living with life-limiting conditions and their families.

I name this dinosaur:  Steggybaby

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Pam

Warmest wishes for the Festive Season and looking forward to more convivial meet-ups in  2025. 

You  are a lovely bunch of friends!  x

My chosen charity this year is AQUABOX  as they have been successful in getting aid close and  into Gaza.

I name this dinosaur: Santasaurus

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Alison 

Happy Christmas. Love Alison xx

My chosen charity this year is the same as last year: Smile Train.  It allows children to have a relatively cheap operation to fix cleft palates, giving them a chance of a pain free and bullying free life.

I name this dinosaur : Henry the Hexapodasaurus as he seems to have six legs and is, as yet, an undiscovered species of dinosaur.

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Charlotte

Wishing you  all and your families a wonderful holiday season and  peaceful New |Year. 

Much love Charlotte and Ian. xx

My chosen charity this year is, as always: Supporting Sofia and Satyam.  Sofia is now 19 and in her final year of A levels.  She has applied and hopes to go to University in UK to study Fine Art.  Satyam nearly 18 and is in his first year of A levels: studying Maths, Further Maths, Physics and Chemistry (!!).  He plans to apply for a Sponsorship in UK to study Degree Apprenticeship in Aerospace Engineering.

I shall also be donating to air Ambulance in memory of my baby brother 

as this was his favoured charity. 

I name this dinosaur: Grinchasorus

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Janice

Season's bleatings to you all. Janice x

My chosen charities this year are: Crisis and UNHCR

I name this dinosaur: Manxy, on account of him having lost his tail!  

He is clearly a Manxosaurus! 

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I bet, like me, you've enjoyed reading the cards and messages, taken a deep breath over the choice of charities we have chosen and then had a chuckle at the name choices of the dinosaur.  We even have new species reported too!

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