Ruby’s Cake Pop Tea Towel Art Raises a Sweet $50k for Starship
Ruby Seeto’s latest Cake Pop tea towel has raised $50,232 to help upgrade the operating theatres and surgical facilities
at Starship.
Designed by Ruby and produced by Wallace Cotton, the tea towel includes a colourful and fun cake pop recipe that’s easy
to make for adults and kids alike. It launched in October last year, with patients on Starship’s Oncology & Haematology ward making the fun cake pops from their hospital rooms.
Funds raised from the sale of the Cake Pop tea towel are helping the facilities Ruby has previously used when she had
major surgery in October 2006 to remove a 1.6kg tumour from her liver. She then went on to spend 12 months at Starship
Hospital undergoing intensive chemotherapy treatment.
The cancer survivor has partnered with Wallace Cotton for the past eight years, designing eight limited edition tea
towels which have raised more than $350,000 for Starship to date.
Ruby is now studying for a double major in Commerce and Design at Victoria University in Wellington. She says designing
the tea towels has helped shape her direction and the decision to pursue her design interests more seriously.
“The cake pops provide a visually appealing image and a fun and tasty treat. It’s a lighthearted way to give back to
Starship and support the upgrade of the hospital’s operating theatres which were so instrumental in my own cancer
treatment and recovery.”
Brad Clark, Chief Executive Starship Foundation, said; “Ruby is such a star for Starship. She has turned her Starship
experience and her passion into a truly amazing annual fundraiser for the national children’s hospital. Together with
Wallace Cotton, this venture has had such a wonderful impact on the many children and their families who need Starship
just like Ruby and her family did.”
Wallace Cotton Director Paula Wallace adds; “Our customers have huge affection for Ruby’s tea towels and we are so happy
to help her bring this latest design to life for a worthwhile cause.”
The $10 tea towels are 100% thick cotton and $6 from every sale (all the proceeds after costs) goes to Starship The tea
towel is still available for purchase through Wallace Cotton stores nationwide, via free phone 0800 222 122, online at www.wallacecotton.com, or through Wallace Cotton stores in Newmarket, Takapuna, Albany & Ponsonby Central in Auckland, Tennyson Street in Napier, The Old Bank Arcade in Wellington, Ballantynes in Christchurch
and Timaru and Arthur Barnett in Dunedin, in addition to Home etc. stores in Tauranga and Palmerston North and Homeward,
Te Awamutu.
You can keep up with what Ruby is up to on her website www.rubyseeto.com or her Facebook page www.facebook.com/rubysteatowels.
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