Abbey supports Help the Hospices for Christmas
Howard Lake | 24 November 2009 | News
Financial services company Abbey is sponsoring the Help the Hospices’ Santa Run in London as well as selling ‘Reindeer Food’ in over 1,000 branches nationwide. It expects to help raise £60,000 from the two activities for its charity of the year.
The festive packs of ‘reindeer food” are on sale for a suggested donation of £1, all of which goes to Help the Hospices.
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Abbey’s parent company Santander is sponsoring the Santa Run, which will be the first that Help the Hospices has run. The 5km Santa Run takes place on 13 December, in Kensington Gardens. Santa suits will be provided and entrants are encouraged to join hundreds of Santa’s to walk, jog or skip round Kensington Gardens.
Sheralee Morris, Community Relations Manager, said: “Abbey realises the importance of actively supporting the charity sector and have pledged to raise over £100,000 for Help the Hospices in 2009”.
www.helpthehospices.org.uk/santa
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