Completing your final years of high school is a stressful experience. You're constantly worried about whether you'll get the grades you need for your future, whilst balancing all the social and personal things associated with being a teenager.
I was never able to adopt the 'get started early and you won't be stressed' mentality and instead usually opted for 'I've got 15 hrs before it's due and I haven't started yet'.
But unlike me, Year 11 student Grace Leech had been diligently working away at her Minnie Mouse dress for her product design GCSE course. She was more than happy to have the outfit displayed at the Disbury Cancer Research UK shop during an arts festival.
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Unfortunately for Grace and her mum Clair, a volunteer staff member sold the dress without knowing it was being used for a school assessment. After being left devastated by the mishap, Clair has kicked off a social media campaign, hoping the new owner will come forward.
In the Facebook post, Clair writers: "Below is my Grace's GCSE coursework Minnie Mouse dress (only picture we have off school, really doesn't do it any justice tbh). It was part of the Didsbury arts festival display in the Cancer Research shop in Didsbury Village. Unfortunately a member of staff SOLD it. Could people PLEASE share. Thanks in advance."
People have rallied around the family, with the post being shared by nearly 3,000 people. It's reached people in Spain and even as far as Australia, with many people sending their prayers that the dress is found.
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Facebook user Emma Bemma commented, saying: "Just reading this from Australia... if it's reached me, surely it can reach the accidental purchaser by [the] end of the weekend. Fingers crossed for you and your girl."
Even comedian Jason Manford has helped out, retweeting Clair's Twitter request:
Clair has told Huffington Post: "Grace wasn't asked if the dress could be displayed. The dress was sold by a volunteer, which wasn't done on purpose. But Grace was upset as she doesn't know as yet if her piece was marked before it went on display."
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A spokesperson for Cancer Research UK has also told the site: "As soon as we realised the error, we did everything we could to try to trace the item.
"We've put up a poster in our shop window urging the customer who bought it to return it in exchange for a full refund and have been asking all our customers to spread the word."
Unfortunately, the dress still hasn't been found!
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