Can you cook up a cure? Join in the Greatest Cookie Party ever - and help cure people of leprosy. LEPRA - the Leprosy Relief Association - is asking people to hold a Cookies for a Cure Party during World Leprosy Week - 20th January to 26th January 2003. All the money raised will go towards supporting LEPRA's vital medical development programmes in Asia, South America and Africa.

Simply bake (or even buy!) some cookies, and invite your friends, neighbours and colleagues to join in the fun at coffee break, lunchtime, afternoon or evening. By collecting 'cookie contributions' at your party you will soon raise the £21 it costs to cure one person of leprosy, restoring their health, hope and dignity. If you wanted to be really ambitious you could make it a real community Cookie Party by inviting everyone in your neighbourhood!

Leprosy is one of the oldest recorded diseases in the world, with references to it in the New Testament. Yet around 700,000 cases are still diagnosed annually and an estimated 4 million people have dreadful disabilities as a result of the disease. Every minute of every day one more person is found to have leprosy and some of these will already be severely disabled. Yet leprosy is easily curable and the complete eradication of the disease is the stated aim of LEPRA and the reason that the charity exists.

So, do something wonderful - change someone's life by helping to cure leprosy!

To receive your party pack, which includes, poster, balloons, invitations, collecting box and special cookie recipe, please Contact: Sally Ormond, Community Contact Assistant Tel:01449 710073.

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