Award-winning boutique is inviting shoppers to support Rugby charity champion's cancer appeal
An award-winning boutique is holding a ‘Sip and Shop’ night for a Rugby charity that helps patients with cancer and their families.
It’s being held at Binky's Boutique to raise money for Check Your Ducks, a charity founded by Rugby fundraiser and campaigner Tracie Mills.
Tracie is living with terminal cancer and hopes to leave a lasting legacy to help others fight the disease and help their families with support in any way possible.
The evening, on Friday, July 31, runs from 6pm – 9pm, at Binkys Boutique at The Depot, Weedon Bec, invites guests to browse the shop’s goods, enjoy a pamper and take part in a raffle.
Supporting the night are Dee-Stress Therapies; Fabulous Tropic and Evermore Permanent Jewellery.
Charlotte Newton-Harris, owner of Binky's Boutique, said: “For me it is important to support CYD because they respond to people on a local level, with practical immediate support.
"They help local patients and their families through some of the toughest times which larger charities are just not able to do. Every pound raised for CYD doesn’t go to a CEO or a wider organisation it goes back into a small organisation who wants to build a lasting legacy to help people within reach who need it most.
"By supporting them, we're ensuring that help is available right here, where it's needed most. I also think the message CYD sends to quite literally Check Your Ducks is so important right now, in the last year alone I have had four customers diagnosed with breast cancer and for me that hits home.
"Meeting Tracie I knew immediately her charity was one I would want to support and I hope I can help her raise as much money as possible. Ideally I would like to raise a minimum of £500 but anything above that would be amazing, so if you can come along support us that would be fab.”
Tracie said: “I am truly grateful for every penny that is donated and will make a difference in the future of patients and their loved ones and I assure you I will go down fighting and continue with the tenacity and sheer determination that I always have.”
Tickets are available from https://www.binkysboutique.co.uk/products/check-your-ducks-sip-shop-31st-july Guests can also pay on the night.