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With the charity growing there was a lot to report and a lot to celebrate, and I can honestly say that without the excellent support from all the media, the charity would, undoubtedly, not have been so successful. All our events were given so much coverage – our committee members and general members and supporters were always so excited to have their photos in the paper and it was lovely for them to be acknowledged in this way. It was also lovely to see the name ‘Crazy Hats’ emblazoned on billboards around the county when we had big events on or there was good news to be read.
As Editors, they often wrote about Crazy Hats in their ‘Opinion’ column and many they wrote were very touching:
Neil Pickford: (2014) “Let’s all go crazy for just one day.”
‘There are some people that you come across in life who embody everything the so-called Big Society should be. One such person is Glennis Hooper. I am lucky enough to have known Glennis for quite a few years and honoured that she continues to write a column for this very newspaper. It is hard to explain in a few short paragraphs just what a difference this self-confessed crazy lady has made to the lives of hundreds of people in this county. The popular and by now, incredibly well-known Crazy Hats charity was her brainchild and has raised comfortably over £1m to help both women and men with breast cancer. But not only does the charity raise
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