MONEY raised at Barrow’s annual community awards night has been donated to a Furness charity.
A total of £750.61 was raised at this year’s Love Barrow Awards after guests were asked to place donations in the envelopes on each table.
The awards committee chose St Mary’s Hospice in Ulverston to hand over the funds to.
Awards committee member Rebecca Rawlings said: “We’re very grateful to all the people who kindly donated money on the night we’re delighted to have raised so much.
“It was a pleasure to visit the hospice – we had the chance to take a tour around the building and see what a marvellous place it is. It was great to be able to hand over the money to Zoe.”
Steve Robson, also on the Love Barrow Awards committee, added: “St Mary’s Hospice provide such a great service for the Furness community and thanks to the kind donations of all those present at the Love Barrow awards we’ve been able to show our support for their great work.”
Zoe Guest is fundraising manager at St Mary’s Hospice. She said: “On behalf of the patients and staff at St Mary’s Hospice I would like to say a big thank you to the organisers and attendees of the Love Barrow Awards for raising funds for us at their recent ceremony.
“We really appreciate all the support we receive from local people. Without their help we wouldn’t be able to continue providing all of our services.”
Article and photo courtesy of Rosie Hillman.
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