A CANCER charity is appealing for help to raise more than £20m by drinking coffee and eating cake.
Macmillan Cancer Support wants this year’s World’s Biggest Coffee Morning to be the biggest ever.
The charity is hoping 4,500 coffee mornings will take place across North and East Yorkshire, raising more than £473,000.
Across the UK Macmillan hopes to raise over £20m from the event to beat last year’s total.
Sally Millington, Macmillan’s fundraising manager for North and East Yorkshire, said: “We want to make sure no one has to face cancer alone, but we can’t do it without the amazing people who fundraise for us.
“Last year we raised a record-breaking amount of money from the World’s Biggest Coffee Morning and we really hope we can repeat that again this year.
“We’re asking people to once again invite their friends, relatives or workmates to come for coffee and cake and help support Macmillan.
“It’s a fun and easy way to raise money to help Macmillan be there for people with cancer and their families when they need us most.”
The official World’s Biggest Coffee Morning day is on September 26, but events can be held any time.
For more information, visit macmillan.org.uk/coffee or phone 0845 6021246.
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