# Chemist raises £106,000 for cancer charity

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2007/02/19/chemist-raises-106000-cancer-charity/
- Published: 2007-02-19T00:00:00+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Northern Ireland based Gordons Chemists are celebrating raising £106,000 for the
Ulster Cancer Foundation (UCF). The money was raised through the companies branches
for the charity’s Pink Link initiative.

Over the past three years Gordons Chemists staff and customers have organised a
range of Pink Link fundraising activities during October, breast cancer awareness
month, to raise funds to help support local women with the disease.

Last year’s Pink Link raised £41,000 which will help develop UCF’s bra and swimwear
fitting service.

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At the announcement Joyce Savage, Head of Appeals and Marketing, UCF said, This 
is a tremendous fundraising achievement. Congratulations to Gordons Chemists staff
and customers for their continued enthusiasm and commitment to Pink Link. The £41,000
raised from last year’s Pink Link will be invested in UCF’s Fitting Service which
is available at UCF’s Belfast office, Altnagelvin Hospital and Dove House in L’Derry.

Neil Gordon, co-founder of Gordons Chemist, the province’s largest independent Pharmacy
chain said, This is an amazing milestone for us to have reached and our customers
and staff have really taken this campaign to their hearts.

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