School kids are being urged to read a book or `twoo' for a children's cancer charity.
Cancer Fund for Children has joined forces with Ollie the owl to promote its sponsored reading campaign ReadOn.
During ReadOn, children are sponsored to read for fun at home or in school. Pupils can read anything from comics to poetry. Younger children can listen to stories or use picture books.
Last year, ReadOn raised more than £90,000 which helped Cancer Fund for Children support families through a range of services including financial grants, therapeutic short breaks at Daisy Lodge in Newcastle and one to one support sessions with specialists.
World of Owls brought Ollie, a 16 year-old Eurasian eagle owl, along to the campaign launch during Childhood Cancer Awareness Month in September.
Ollie was rescued from a garden shed in a housing estate when he was just months old. Police found him covered in paint, battered and hungry. With the help of World of Owls, he is now healthy and has appeared in numerous TV shows and films.
"Our ReadOn campaign is a wonderful example of children helping other children through something as wonderful as reading," said Cancer Fund for Children's CEO Gillian Creevy.
"A childhood cancer diagnosis is an assault on all of the senses and it devastates family life. Cancer Fund for Children strives to rebuild it."
:: To get involved log onto cancerfundforchildren.com. Alternatively call 028 9080 5599 or email: rebecca@cancerfundforchildren.com.
