Do Something Funny for Money – Support Comic Relief on Red Nose Day
Red Nose Day is a fundraising event organised in the UK by Comic Relief every two years. On Red Nose Day everyone is encouraged to cast inhibitions aside, put on a Red Nose and do something a little bit silly to raise money – celebrities included! It culminates in a night of extraordinary comedy and moving documentary films on BBC One. It’s an event that unites the entire nation in trying to make a difference to the lives of thousands of people, both across Africa and in the UK, who face terrible injustice or who live in abject poverty. For this year Red Nose Day – taking place on Friday 13 March 2009 – designer Stella McCartney has created a collection of fashionable charity t-shirts, exclusively available from TK Maxx, and featuring icons including The Beatles, Morecambe & Wise, and Madonna.
The memorable collection will be worn by a host of famous faces who have joined 2009’s Red Nose Day campaign to “Do Something Funny for Money“. They will be photographed by Mary McCartney making this campaign a truly family affair. “It’s a real honour to be involved in such a tremendous cause and be a part of the Red Nose Day campaign 2009”, Stella said on Red Nose Day 2009 and her role in this year’s campaign. “The designs of the T shirts were inspired by iconic images of iconic people by iconic photographers and adding an element of humour to them. I wanted to focus on photographs where people are happy and create a charity T shirt that would become a staple of a person’s wardrobe.”
Supporting Comic Relief and modeling the T-Shirts, actress Keira Knightly said: “Red Nose Day helps countless lives for the better, both here in the UK and in Africa. I am really happy to be part of this year’s activity to raise money and so excited to wear Stella’s designs.”
The T-Shirts are available in the UK from TK Maxx stores – who have covered the cost of producing, distributing and retailing the T-shirts – with all proceeds from sales going to Comic Relief. They have been wholly manufactured in Africa. 100% of the cotton has been sourced from Fairtrade certified organic cotton co-operatives in Senegal, which ensures gorgeous, pesticide and GM free cotton and a fair price to farmers in developing countries.
Whether it’s supporting orphans in Africa who’ve lost their parents to Aids or helping older people in the UK who are abused by someone they should trust – Comic Relief will use the money you raise to help people in desperate need. To make a donation to Comic Relief please visit rednoseday.com/donate.
M-Tribe readers may also want to enter the Do Something Funny for Money competition, buying a designer Red Nose Day 09 t-shirt, uploading a picture of yourself doing something funny in your designer Red Nose Day 09 t-shirt for a chance to win £500 to spend at TK Maxx plus a fabulous Coldplay signed t-shirt or a celeb signed t-shirt and a £250 TK Maxx giftcard or another celeb signed t-shirt and a £100 TK Maxx giftcard. Please click here for details.
