The Bishop Auckland Fundraising Group of Marie Curie celebrated its third birthday at its monthly meeting with lots of chocolate! Supermarket collections, collection tins in local outlets, Garden Open Days, Blooming Great Tea Parties, Curry and Quiz nights to name but a few events have attracted enormous support and the Group have been overwhelmed by the magnificent total of £63,724.90 raised in the last 3 years. This amazing amount has been used to provide ‘end of life care’ by Marie Curie Nurses in the Bishop Auckland area and the Group wishes to acknowledge the generosity of the people of South West Durham without whom none of this would have been possible.
The Group is currently working towards supporting the Daffodil Appeal which runs throughout March and anyone wishing to get involved is invited to attend the next meeting on the first Tuesday in March at 1.30pm at the Community Fire Station, Watling Road, Bishop Auckland. For more information contact Elizabeth Varley (01388) 606075
