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Peter Pan Week? GOSH!

April 18, 2010 //  by Uju//  4 Comments


I’ve never done any plastic surgery. I don’t own a chimp. I’m a good dancer but my moves aren’t out of this world (although my moonwalk wasn’t bad back in the day).

One thing I do have in common with the late, great Michael Jackson is a love for the fable of Neverland. Peter Pan was one of my first childhood crushes and his elfin smile still calls to the part of me that refuses to grow up.

So I was excited to hear about Peter Pan Week, coming up from April 26 to 30. This is an annual charity event to raise money for Great Ormond Street Hospital’s Children’s Charity.

Peter Pan Week kicks off five days of fundraising activities culminating in a Guinness World Record Attempt on Friday April 30 for the most people dressed up as Peter Pan.

You can participate as an individual, a group or even better get your child’s school or nursery to register for the event. This year’s goal is to raise £160,000 to build two new en-suite beds in the cardiac centre providing space for life-saving equipment and mum and dad sleepovers.

On the web site, there’s an instructional video for making your own costume, along with loads of ideas to raise money e.g. throwing a Captain Hook treasure hunt or baking Fairy cakes tasty enough for Tinkerbell.

Still stuck for what to do? Just let your imagination fly (second star to the right and straight on till morning).

Visit the Peter Pan Week web site to register and for further info.

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Category: LifeTag: causes, family, health, kids

About Uju

Uju Asika is a writer, blogger and creative consultant. She is the author of Raising Boys Who Do Better: A Hopeful Guide for a New Generation (DK/Penguin Random House), Bringing Up Race: How to Raise a Kind Child in a Prejudiced World (Yellow Kite/Hachette UK) and the delightful picture book A World for Me and You, illustrated by Jennie Poh (Hachette Children's Group). Uju's books are available at Bookshop.org, Amazon, Waterstones and other good bookshops. Follow Uju @babesabouttown on Twitter/Facebook/Instagram.

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  1. Stesha

    April 18, 2010 at 4:05 pm

    What a great way to highlight an excellent charity! Thanks for posting the link, I’ll be sure to read it.

    Hugs and Mocha,
    Stesha

  2. Uju

    April 18, 2010 at 8:26 pm

    Hi Stesha, I appreciate your feedback and it really is an excellent cause. Would love it if you helped to spread the word too :-)

  3. clueless Mama

    April 19, 2010 at 8:30 am

    Thanks for the link.. I appreciate you posting about this great cause. I am checking it out. Visting from SITS! Thanks for visiting me today:)

  4. Uju

    April 19, 2010 at 1:04 pm

    Hi there CM, thanks for coming by and please do check out the web site.

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