AROUND 50 coffee mornings were held in Inverclyde as part of the World’s Biggest Coffee Morning in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support. Macmillan charity bosses are hopeful they have raised around £10,000.
They are urging local people who haven’t yet supported them to give their fundraising figures a further boost by spending £3 to buy a virtual coffee by texting COFFEE to 70123. Macmillan’s fundraising manager in Inverclyde Elsie Riley thanked everyone who took part in the event and said “The World’s Biggest Coffee Morning was a real success.
“It was a great event, and once again the people of Inverclyde got behind us whole-heartedly, helping us raise thousands of pounds to fund our services.
“We also urge those who couldn’t take part in the event itself, to support our work by sending a text to donate around £3 to Macmillan.
“That’s around the price of a coffee and depending on the network we’ll get between the full £3 and £2.67. Those donations will really add up so we’re very hopeful loads of people will buy virtual coffees over the next few days.”
Macmillan Cancer Support say it’s too early to tell how much money has been raised from the World’s Biggest Coffee Mornings that took place as much of the money won’t reach them for a few weeks. Elsie added: “Every year we raise more and more from the World’s Biggest Coffee Morning.
“It’s an event that really seems to capture the interest of all kinds of groups, from large UK-wide businesses, to individuals and small community organisations.”Texts will cost £3 plus the standard network rate.
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