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Society wishes Southport a very
'Marie' Christmas with thank you event
YORKSHIRE Building Society is wishing people in
Southport a very 'Marie' Christmas after they helped to smash
a fundraising target for Marie Curie. The Society's Hour of Need
campaign was launched in 2014 with the aim of raising £500,000 by December
2016, enough to support over 25,000 hours of nursing care for people with a
terminal illness and their families across the UK.
Thanks to the strength of support for the campaign, the
fundraising target has been reached a year early with the current total
standing at more than £700,000. Every £20 raised funds one hour of
care and customers and colleagues at the Yorkshire Building Society branch
in Southport have contributed £425 to the campaign, the equivalent of 21
hours of Marie Curie nursing care. To celebrate, the branch, on London
Street, will be hosting a Christmas themed thank you event on Wednesday, 16
December 2015, where people can enjoy some festive treats from the Society.
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People can also show their support for Marie Curie and spread
a little festive cheer by buying a set of the charity's stylish Christmas
tree decorations with all proceeds supporting the Hour of Need campaign.
Lola Rowe, a Marie Curie Hospice Nurse, said:- "Thank you to everybody
who has contributed to the Hour of Need fundraising campaign for Marie
Curie. It is an amazing amount of money that has been donated to date and is
allowing myself and my colleagues to provide even more support to people in
their hour of need."
Karen Cannon, manager of the Southport branch of Yorkshire Building Society,
said:- "We're so proud that customers in Southport have helped us to
make this the Society's most successful ever national fundraising campaign.
We hope our customers will call in so we can give them some Christmas treats
to say thank you. The Hour of Need campaign is having a real impact on
terminally ill people and their families and we will continue to raise even
more money over the next 12 months."
Dr Jane Collins, Chief Executive of Marie Curie, said:-
"We'd like to say a huge congratulations and thank you to all the Yorkshire
Building Society staff and customers who have supported the Hour of Need
campaign so far and made it such an overwhelming success. Raising more than
£500,000 with more than a year left of the campaign is truly amazing and
will make a real difference to people with a terminal illness and their
loved ones across the UK."
Society colleagues have also volunteered over 3,000 hours of their time in
Marie Curie shops, hospices and street collections throughout the campaign.
If you would like to make a donation in support of the Hour of Need
campaign, then please visit:-
JustGiving.com/HourOfNeed. |
