Pictured from left to right. Tegwyth Curtis, Anna Gabrieli, Marian Evans, Ursula O’Sullivan and Jeannette Curtis. (Janeda Thomas was unable to attend)
Anna’s Story
In 2009 my sister, Susan Evans was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a blood / bone marrow cancer and underwent a Stem Cell transplant and Chemotherapy at the Cancer Unit, Ward 11, Singleton Hospital, Swansea.
Her consultant, Dr. Sati had mentioned to my sister that he wanted to set up a Swansea Myeloma Fund for research into this disease. Susan really wished that he would be successful as she wanted to donate £1,000 into this Fund. Sadly on the 10th April 2011, Susan passed away before the Fund was set up.
Together with Susan’s two daughters Natalie and Stephanie, we wanted to raise this money to give to the Swansea Myeloma Fund to fulfil Susan’s wish. We initially made and sold jewellery to family, friends, nurses and patients in the Cancer Day Unit on Ward 11.
At the end of February 2012 my friend gave me a Guardian Angel and I had so much comfort from this that we started to make Crystal Birthstone Guardian Angels. We then decided to include the Lymphoma Leukaemia Myeloma Fund (Wales) in our fundraising. The Angels were such a huge success that more friends volunteered to help. As a group we decided to call ourselves Team Angel!
In January 2013, I decided that I wanted to support Ty Olwen as my sister spent her final days there. The care she received at Ty Olwen was outstanding and I will always be grateful for that.
In addition to this, we also support the Chemotherapy, Radiotherapy and Lymphedema Units at SingletonHospital. We also made Pink Angels and sold them to support Race for Life, Macmillan and Tickled Pink Cancer Charities.
- Some of the Guardian Angel products available
Team Angel, led by the inspirational, Anna Gabrieli, work tirelessly making, promoting and selling the beautiful Guardian Angel jewellery. The team are constantly trying out new ideas and are about to reveal their new boxed Mother’s Day necklace and earring sets.
To date, Anna and friends have raised over £58,600 for Cancer Services as a whole.
£1153 of this total has been donated to Ty Olwen Trust from sales at Ty Olwen. This is an ongoing venture and the popularity of the jewellery is increasing by the day. It is a great idea to buy an angel as a gift for a loved one, they signify love and protection as well as being extremely pretty and stylish but best of all you have the satisfaction of knowing that your money will be going to a very worthy cause.
