Maureen Fanning Hospice calendar

A woman who stripped off to raise funds for the hospice that cared for her dying husband has spoken of her pride as she handed the centre £3,000.
Marion Muirhead posed in the nude with her family and friends for a charity calendar in memory of her husband Ian.
He died of cancer in July, after being cared for at the Maureen Fanning Hospice in Ayrshire for two years.
His 90 year-old mother, May, also appears in the calendar, which has sold around 400 copies.

See the Press Association (article mirrored in Herald Scotland, Kilkenny People and many other places). I can't find any way to actually buy the thing on the web.

Zander Calendar

A group of 12 mothers from Sunderland have stripped naked and posed for a calendar to raise funds for an eight-year-old boy with cancer.
The young boy was diagnosed with rhabdomyosarcoma in March – a disease which affects less than 60 children in the UK each year.

This is simply breathtaking.

Read more: Mothers strip off for cancer boy in Zander Calendar | Metro.co.uk. £10 (£13 including postage) at 2011 Zander Calendar.

Friends of Julia Koper

Julia was born with a mysterious genetic disorder which left her both physically and mentally disabled requiring her to use a special NF-Walker frame to help her stay upright, but the price is beyond her parents’ means.
“Of course, we could have made a calendar with flowers and butterflies in it, but nudity sells so we decided to overcome our embarrassment in order to help her.”

I'll say they did. The images in this calendar are more explicit than the average garden club charity calendar. They also set a high standard of professionalism: These pictures are unapologetically beautiful. I wish I could tell you how to order one, but so far I haven't found any way to order them.

New Poland Express. See also AllVoices, Croatian Times, Journalism Without Borders.

Puppy Love

A charity calendar has upset animal lovers and vets alike after it featured racy images of scantily-clad women in bizarre poses with dogs that they say suggested bestiality.

The 2011 Puppy Love calendar is intended to raise money for an animal rescue charity in Wicklow, Ireland.

...The photographs have caused quite a stir, especially when for the month of March 22-year-old Polish model Agata Dembiecka is shown holding a small dog at her naked breast. [Sify news.]

Well, a quick look at the photographer's page reveals (ahem) that the image isn't out of character. For the record, I don't disapprove. On the other hand, I realize it isn't everyone's cup of tea, so if you want to see it, you're going to have to click through. (This calendar doesn't precisely fit this site's mission, since the models are professional models. I don't care.)

€12.00 from Puppy Love

Potters Bar Hockey Club

A WOMEN’S hockey club has made Potters Bar, Potters Bare, with a nude charity calendar.

The girls from Potters Bar Hockey Club, described as “seven of the club’s most athletic players”, have stripped off in aid of Help for Heroes, and to help finance a new clubhouse.

£10 (plus postage) from Potters Bar Hockey Club: Here's a direct link to their Shop. (Welwyn Hatfield Times)

Sorry for the lull...

Hoping to get back to regular posting.

Unforgettable Shetland

It’s a daring fundraising mission which has become the talk of an entire Scottish island.

Locals on Shetland have been persuaded to strip off for a nude calendar, which is being sold to raise funds for a new cancer support centre.

But the identities of the models are being kept a closely guarded secret, sparking speculation over who has dared to bare all. [Daily Express.]

In this interesting twist, the models' faces are not visible because they are turned away from the camera or seen in silhouette (see Shetlopedia). See more at the Daily Record and BBC News. The calendars were ten pounds each, but the official site is no longer taking orders.