Hospital volunteer uses party to raise funds for the Giraffe Appeal

TO celebrate a signficant birthday, Tricia Robertson, a volunteer from the Friends of St Richard’s Hospital organisation, decided she did not want guests to bring presents to her party.
By The Newsroom
Published 18th Jul 2015, 12:34 BST

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Guests at Tricia Robertsons birthday party donated money to the Giraffe Appeal for neonatal care SUS-150907-095327003Guests at Tricia Robertsons birthday party donated money to the Giraffe Appeal for neonatal care SUS-150907-095327003
Guests at Tricia Robertsons birthday party donated money to the Giraffe Appeal for neonatal care SUS-150907-095327003

Instead, she asked her friends to donate the money to charity by ‘feeding’ donations to a large toy giraffe borrowed from Chichester Golf Club.

The sum of £1,050 was raised on the night.

This will go to the Giraffe Appeal, which is trying to raise £17,000 to buy a vital incubator for the babies on the neonatal intensive care unit at St Richard’s Hospital in Chichester.

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