Ruby Takes the Cake with Her Starship Tea Towel Design

Starship patient Frank and his brother Charlie with Ruby Seeto

Media Release
13 October 2014

Ruby Takes the Cake with Her Latest Starship Tea Towel Design

Patients on Starship’s Oncology & Haematology ward had fun on Friday making cake pops from their hospital rooms to help 17 year-old cancer survivor Ruby Seeto launch her latest Starship-fundraiser cake pop tea towel.

Designed by Ruby, the new tea towel are now on sale at Wallace Cotton stores nationwide and online at www.wallacecotton.com.

The colourful tea towel is the eighth designed in Ruby’s popular series, and includes a delicious cake pop recipe that’s easy for adults and kids alike.

The cake pops got the vote of approval from Starship patients and their families who were also invited to come and enjoy free cake pops being given out in the atrium of the national children’s hospital today.

Like previous years Ruby has partnered with linen retailer Wallace Cotton to produce and sell the 100% thick cotton $10.00 tea towels, with $6.00 (which is all the proceeds after costs) from each sale going to Starship. This year Ruby’s tea towel is going towards the upgrade of Starship’s operating theatres and surgical facilities.

“I'm so excited for the release of my new tea towel with Wallace Cotton. Seeing so many differently decorated cake pops around lately inspired me to put them on this year’s design. They are such fun and tasty treats. Being a past Starship patient I’ve had a few trips to the Starship operating theatres, so it makes me happy to be able to support the much-needed renovations,” says Ruby.

Ruby had major surgery in October 2006 to remove a 1.6kg tumour from her liver and spent 12 months at Starship Hospital undergoing intensive chemotherapy treatment.

Wallace Cotton Director Paula Wallace says: “Our customers have been eagerly anticipating the arrival of Ruby’s delicious new range; her designs are always very popular. We have been working with Ruby for over 5 years now and together have raised over $300,000 for Starship, an achievement we are all extremely proud of”.

In addition to being available at www.wallacecotton.com, tea towels can be purchased by free phone 0800 222 122, or through Wallace Cotton stores in Newmarket, Takapuna, Birkenhead & Ponsonby Central in Auckland, 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

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About the Starship Foundation:

Starship is New Zealand’s national children’s hospital. There are nearly 120,000 patient visits to Starship Children’s Health every year by children from all over New Zealand.

The Starship Foundation is a charity that raises funds so Starship Children’s Health can better care for its young patients. The Starship Foundation wants every New Zealand family to have access to world-leading healthcare and experiences when they need it most.

The Starship Foundation raises up to $10 million a year. Donations are extra to Government funding and provide for initiatives such as Starship’s National Air Ambulance Service which brings children from all over New Zealand to Starship for life-saving care, as well as refurbishing older wards, new technology and medical equipment, vital research, boosted family support, staff training and community outreach projects to keep children out of hospital.

Starship Foundation exists through the generosity of the New Zealand public and leading organisations that lovingly donate money and/or time to assist Starship to remain at the forefront of paediatric care.

You can support Starship kids and families by donating to the Starship Foundation at www.starship.org.nz/donate or by calling 09 307 4957.

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