# Hilton Foundation Ball raises £226,000

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2008/01/18/hilton-foundation-ball-raises-226000/
- Published: 2008-01-18T11:26:01+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**Hilton Hotels has raised £226,000 from its Hilton in the Community Foundation 
Ball, held in the London Hilton on Park Lane ballroom in October 2007. Half of the
proceeds, £113,287.14, have been donated to Make-A-Wish Foundation® UK. The remaining
money will be given out throughout the year to charities working with people under
the age of 25 who apply for funding to Hilton in the Community**

‘King of the Jungle’ celebrity Christopher Biggins was the auctioneer for the evening,
helping to raise £55,000 from eight star prizes, including a chance to bid for a
Julien Macdonald dress, a signed cricket bat presented by Farouk Engineer and a 
chance to go to LA and Hawaii to attend the Grammys.

Hilton in the Community Foundation was founded in 2001 as Hilton International’s
charity dedicated to supporting young people worldwide in the communities that Hilton
International serves. Focused on education and health, grants supporting disadvantaged
young people are made in the UK and Ireland. In the event of international disaster
grants are made to relief organisations at the Trustees’ discretion.

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