# Brewery raises £22,000 for Macmillan, its charity of the year

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2004/05/28/brewery-raises-22000-macmillan-its-charity-year/
- Published: 2004-05-28T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Jennings Brewery employees and pub staff and regulars across the North of England
helped raise more than £22,000 for Macmillan Cancer Relief as part of the company’s
175th anniversary celebrations.
The charity was chosen as the company’s charity 
of the year for 2003 but money is still coming in. Staff fundraising activities 
included a sponsored barrel push, climbing 175 peaks of Britain’s highest mountains,
and the creation and merchandising of a nude staff calendar a la Calendar Girls.

 

 

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