# Foresters raise £8,000 in one day with collections at Somerfield

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2005/11/15/foresters-raise-8000-one-day-collections-somerfield/
- Published: 2005-11-15T00:00:00+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Foresters volunteers held a national charity collection in aid of The Association
of Children’s Hospices and local children’s Hospices, raising over £8,000 – with
all proceeds going to support Children’s Hospices throughout the UK. 
This collection–
on the UK’s national Make a Difference Day, Saturday 29th October 2005 – was part
of Foresters ongoing support of ACH, and the charity collections were by kind permission
of Somerfield at their stores across the country.

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