PRESS RELEASE 6/5/05

CHEQUE PRESENTATION FOR

CHARITY FUNDRAISING EVENT on 29^th May 2005

Fundraisers Jill McKay (right) and Rochelle Morgue, with Staff Nurse Vanessa Mills

The Oakhaven Hospice in Pennington recently received a cheque for £175 from Jill McKay who runs adult art classes at ‘Jill McKay’s Art Trail Centre’ in Ferndown.

Many of Jill’s students kindly donated items for sale to raise money and awareness of the Hospice, which Jill chose to support, after visiting to see the high quality of care provided for both day visitors and short term residents of the surrounding area.

Jill said “ Pennington is only 20 minutes from Ferndown – although our students travel to us from many areas of the country it is always a pleasure to help charities which are close to the student’s hearts wherever they live; particularly those charities which rely on public support to survive. Oakhaven Hospice provides a community-based specialist palliative service, caring for over 120 patients, their families and carers each week.  It costs £2 million to provide this service each year with just 21% of the funding from the NHS.’

Estelle Drew-Wills from the Hospice said “On behalf of the patients and staff at Oakhaven I would like to thank Jill and Rochelle for their excellent fundraising work.  We are delighted to receive this cheque and greatly appreciate their support.”

Oakhaven have many fundraising events planned for the Summer, in particular ~Evening Jazz on Saturday June 18^th and a Mozart Opera on July 9^th, both to be held at the beautiful Walhampton school in Hordle. For more information on events call 01590 613038.

Contact for recipient – Estelle Drew-Wills, Oakhaven Hospice Trust, Pennington Tel: 01590 613038

Contact for Donor – Jill McKay, Jill McKay’s Art Trail Centre, Ferndown Tel:01202 877369

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