Bear-Patrol raise £2,000 for cancer charity

Bear-Patrol have recently been raising money to buy a chemotherapy chair for the Sussex Cancer Centre.

They raised £2,000 by holding a quiz night, coffee and cake morning and from generous online donations which will be used to purchase not only a new chemotherapy chair, but also a chemotherapy trolley a nurses stool along with various items used on a regular basis by staff and patients including blood tourniquets, kindles, magazines and phone chargers.

Today (June 22) Danny Dwyer from Bear-Patrol was shown the services the Cancer Centre provide to their service users by Sophie O’Brien (Nurse Manager and Chemotherapy Support) and Julia Lenton (Sussex Cancer Fund Manager).

Speaking on behalf of Bear-Patrol, Danny Dwyer, said: “I would like to thank all of our supporters, The Queens Arms, The Camelford Arms and The Lawson Unit who helped us raise this amazing amount of money.

“Thank you for your wonderful generosity and compassion toward this project.”

A Certificate of Completion will be issued in due course by the Sussex Cancer Fund.

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Bear-Patrol have been fundraising since January 1, 2011. Up to April 30, 2016 they have raised and donated £143,027.07 to local good causes. All monies raised via Bear-Patrol during their events goes directly to the charity or organisation via online donation pages and/or registered collection tins and buckets.

For details of Bear-Patrol fundraising on Just Giving, click here: