Sainsbury's Fulham Broadway - Sport Relief
Colleagues at Sainsbury’s Fulham Broadway Go The Extra Mile for Sport Relief and raise over £1,818 • Colleagues at Sainsbury’s Fulham Broadway announce that they raised £1818 from their fundraising activities for Sport Relief• The store raised the funds by holding a raffle for a signed Chelsea FC Shirt, Cycling to Brighton (equivalent miles on an Exercise Bike), Fancy Dress, Ping Pong competition, Sweepstakes, Stamford the Lion Penalty Shoot Out! And more! • On Sport Relief night of TV on Friday 23rd March, Sainsbury’s announced that they had raised over £4 million for this year’s campaign• The retailer has now raised over £60 million for Comic Relief since their sponsorship began in 1999 Colleagues at Sainsbury’s Sue Murphy, Serene McKenzie, Nana Agyman, Lucita Dawson, Trisha Davidson are celebrating after going the extra mile in their fundraising efforts for this year’s Sport Relief campaign. Following a number of sport-themed fundraising activities organised by colleagues at the store, situated in the Fulham Broadway shopping centre, Fulham Road, they raised in total £1818, Sainsbury’s has raised over £4 million for this year’s campaign.Sport Relief 2012 merchandise went on sale in Sainsbury’s on 15th February, with the Sport Relief weekend taking place between Friday 23rd to Sunday 25th March. Many customers supported Sainsbury’s Fulham Broadway fundraising activities, but they also purchased the official merchandise sold by the retailer to the tune of £400. To culminate their fundraising for this year’s Sport Relief campaign, several colleagues from Sainsbury’s Susan Murphy, John Stanton and Eve Harris were involved in the Sainsbury’s Sport Relief Mile in The Mall, London. John Stanton, Store Manager from Sainsbury’s Fulham Broadway who took part said: “Running for a good cause with so many local people truly was a great experience. Sainsbury’s are proud to have sponsored the mile and we’d like to thank all our customers who literally went the extra mile in their fundraising efforts for Sport Relief”.Local charities will benefit from Sport Relief fundraising this year. Katherine How, Sport Relief Sponsorship Manager said: “From buying a piece of merchandise to dropping in spare change into a collection bucket in-store, our customers have helped to transform lives in some of the world’s poorest countries, as well as support your local community, so I’d like to say thank-you to our customers at Sainsbury’s Fulham Broadway who helped us to raise over £4 million pounds for this year’s campaign”. Sport Relief supporter Gary Lineker said: "I'd like to thank all those people who gave us their support and donations. I've seen the difference their money can make and every single person who gave can know they've done something very special."
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