cheltonian charity CHEETAH BOY!
Jeremy Lynch (8) is an entrepreneur with a passion for cheetahs.He combines his business instincts and zeal for large cats through ‘Cards 4 Cheetahs,’ a greeting card initiative where 100% of his proceeds go to CheetahConservation Fund. He’s already raised over £2,600. Jeremy’s card-making began when
hewas 6. His initial planswere to raise enoughmoney to buy his ownisland where hewould be King.Heplanned to give away 17% of his profits, but his mumchallenged him to give 20%. After mulling it over, he decided the next day that the business should give away 70%of its profits. But on even further reflection, he decided that themathswould prove too difficult, and decided on 100%. His decision to turn his business
into a charity for cheetahs coincided with reading a library book about them, where to his dismay he learned that cheetahs could be extinct by 2020 (this is unlikely, but only around 7,000currently remain in the wild). Hetook action. Two years later and he’s still going
strong.And so are his customers, many ofwhomgive generously beyond his asking price. Jeremy makes beautiful Spirograph greeting cards, aswell as other seasonal (e.g., Valentine’sDay, Christmas, and springtime cards) and general-use cards. He’s sold door-to-door, on Facebook, at St. Paul’s Church festive bazaar, and more. All his cards pass his mum’s strict quality check and are on high quality card stock. The Great British Boutique on
Hewlett Rd in Cheltenhamhas kindly offered to sell his cards on location as hasCostaCoffee on Cheltenham’s High Street.Hewas recently featured onBBCradio Gloucestershire, and in a Facebook video they produced (see his ‘Cards 4 Cheetahs’ FB page). Each day concludes with his
parents reading to him while he diligentlymakes his cards.Hehopes that hiswork also inspires others to givematching donations, or for other kids to start making cards for the cause. His 2018 goal is £4,000, and one day, he hopes to visit Namibia and then help expand their wildlife preserves.
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34 FEBRUARY /MARCH2017 THECHELTONIAN
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