Customers at The Griffin public house, in Frome, have again raised more than £1,00 for Bath Cancer Unit Support Group (BCUSG).
To recognise their generosity, the group has presented the Milk Street pub with a certificate to mark their achievement, the second in recent years. To raise money the pub organises a weekly quiz as well as a series of other fundraisers.
Pub owner Rik Lyall said: “The certificate represents the ongoing generosity of our customers who feel very strongly abdout the charity and the good that it does.”
The certificate was presented by the representatives of the support group including Martin Bax, who has raised money for the unit in the past and supports other fundraising efforts in Frome for the charity, and vice-chairman of the BCUSG, Tino Polledri.
Since the charity’s launch in 1985, more than £2.6 million has been raised with the aim of improving the care, comfort and treatment facilities for the patiets attending the cancer unit at the Royal United Hospital, in Bath.
As a result of funds raised by the group, two linear accelerators, used in the treatment of cancer, have been bought, as well as finacial support provided for a number of other major projects.
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