White Rose Shopping Centre Raises 100,000 Pounds for Martin House
12th December 2011
White Rose Shopping Centre and Martin House Children’s Hospice had a special reason to celebrate Christmas – as they exceeded the fund raising target they set themselves, more than four months ahead of schedule.
Centre Director Peter Cook said:
“When we adopted Martin House as our centre charity in 2010, we set ourselves a target of raising £100,000 in a two year period, but I am thrilled to say that we have already exceeded that amount with four months still to go and money is still pouring in.
“We have always known the staff and customers of White Rose and all the retailers are generous people, but they have really got behind our campaign to raise money for Martin House and we would all like to say a heartfelt thank you.”
Events to raise money for the second oldest children’s hospice in the UK, which is based at Boston Spa, included two indoor Santas on the Run events and the Big Little Car Raffle to win a Peugeot 106.
Christmas shoppers were entertained by carol singers from nine primary schools from across south Leeds to add to the funds, and money has also been raised by the sale of scrap metal collected from retailers and from donations shoppers have made to the Wishing Well on the Upper Court at White Rose.
