# Volunteer fundraiser recognised with cancer centre name

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2004/07/16/volunteer-fundraiser-recognised-cancer-centre-name/
- Published: 2004-07-16T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Seventy-nine year old Peggy Wood MBE from Maidstone has had a new cancer centre 
named after her after she raised over £3 million for it.
She began fundraising in
1981 after her grandson developed leukaemia.

The new treatment centre has been named the Peggy Wood Breast Care Centre.

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