# Dollar Thrifty raises over £20,000 for its charity of the year

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2005/03/08/dollar-thrifty-raises-over-20000-its-charity-year/
- Published: 2005-03-08T00:00:00+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Dollar Thrifty Car Rental UK has raised over £20,000, double its target figure, 
for its charity of the year 2004, the British Heart Foundation (BHF).
Staff at the
company’s head office in High Wycombe and 40 licensees and corporate locations across
the UK Dollar Thrifty franchise network participated in the year-long fundraising
campaign.

Funds were raised in a variety of ways. Ten pence was donated from all Internet 
bookings taken on www.thrifty.co.uk and five pence for all corporate bookings during
2004, raising £5,637 for the charity.

Senior staff, including the Managing Director Robert Burton, ran in the Flora London
Marathon on 18 April 2004, each of them raising £1,500. They all went on to complete
the New York Marathon on 7 November 2004 raising a further £9,500 for the charity.

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Other fundraising activities across the Dollar Thrifty network included a raffle
held at the Dollar Thrifty Annual Convention in November where over £2,200 was raised.

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