Kind-hearted staff at a Wrexham-based manufacturer of backup electrical power systems have helped to raise nearly £8,500 for a long-standing cancer support charity.
A special family fun day, held last month at the Whixall Social Centre in Whitchurch, raised a fantastic £8,434.17 for Lingen Davies Cancer Fund, a charity that provides cancer support services for people across Mid Wales and Shropshire.
The event was organised by Kerry Clorley, procurement and administration manager for Riello UPS, as a way of thanking the charity for the assistance it has given her over the last year following her own cancer diagnosis. The fun day was held exactly a year to the day since Kerry had her first round of chemotherapy treatment at Lingen Davies.
Dave Lowe (left) a volunteer from Shropshire, Staffordshire, and Cheshire Blood Bikes, and Kerry Clorley from Riello UPS
As well as lots of fun-filled activities on the day - face painting, apple dunking, and a football penalty shootout - the event also featured a charity raffle offering a range of awesome prizes including a special Jubilee edition Steiff teddy bear, a fourth-generation Echo Dot smart speaker, smartwatch, and various food and drink hampers.
More than £4,000 was raised on the day itself, with Riello UPS contributing another £4,000 to bring the overall total to £8,434.17.
Kerry said: "Lingen Davies Cancer Fund have offered me amazing support and care during my own cancer treatment over this last year, so getting involved with the fun day was just my own little way of giving something back.
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"In our wildest dreams we never thought we'd raise nearly £8,500, but everyone has been so generous, both on the day at the event itself and especially all my colleagues at Riello UPS, who bought so many raffle tickets I had to keep bringing in more and more books into the office!"
Tarrah Lewis, fundraising and volunteering coordinator for Lingen Davies Cancer Fund, added: "To have raised this amount is a phenomenal achievement, well done to Kerry and all her family and friends, and thank you to Riello UPS for significantly increasing the total raised.
"Lingen Davies exists to make a positive difference to those impacted by cancer in the community throughout Shropshire and Mid Wales, this money will go a long way to supporting that work."
• Founded in 1979, Lingen Davies Cancer Fund works tirelessly to improve cancer care support services for people throughout Shropshire and Mid-Wales. Over the last five decades, the charity has contributed more than £18 million worth of assistance and helped more than 75,000 people living with cancer. For further details about Lingen Davies Cancer Fund visit lingendavies.co.uk
• Based at a 24,000 square foot warehouse on Wrexham Industrial Estate, Riello UPS is one of the country's leading manufacturers of uninterruptible power supplies (UPS). A UPS offers invaluable battery backup during power outages. It provides emergency electricity until backup generators kick in, as well as keeping computers and ICT equipment running long enough to safely shut down with minimal risk of data loss.
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