Landmark for Lisa Barnes Memorial Fund as donations from apple day help push total to �60,000
Published:
3:56 PM October 22, 2012
Updated:
11:26 AM November 1, 2020
THE Lisa Barnes Memorial Fund reached �60,000 thanks to money raised at Ely’s Apple Festival on Saturday.
Visitors to the festival, held on Palace Green, donated some �443.80 to the fund, helping push the total fund past the �60,000 mark as charity founder Robert Barnes continues in his quest to raise �100,000.
A draw for a goodie-packed apple cart was held, with Keith and Jenny Green the winners.
Robert said: “I am so grateful to the small army of volunteers helping to raise such a huge amount of money in such a short time, without them I could not do the job I am doing.”
Next Saturday the charity be at the Co-op on Wisbech Road. Littleport with a cake stall
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To find out more visit www.lisabarnesmemorialfund.co.uk/
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