Lynn’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital has just received a boost in funds for their Macmillan unit. These funds were raised by Jim and Beverley Boon who organized a charity bingo game and raffle event. This event was organized in memory of their daughter who died at the young age of 34 years old from cancer. Mr and Mrs Boon have been organizing this event for five years now and they were very happy to hand over a cheque for ₤950 to a nurse who works in the Macmillan unit.
Recently the Bingo for breakthrough charity event was held for a week throughout the UK. October is well known as being the month that supports breast cancer, and bingo being what it is always gets involved on a large scale. Both the land based and online bingo is very involved in raising funds for breast cancer, and many sites are advertising promotional games in support of this.
The active campaigning of online and land based bingo sites has done a great deal to raise awareness for this illness, and they are definitely getting the message across. Some online bingo sites have actually changed their entire look for the month of October and one that I know of in particular has actually “gone pink”. They are also encouraging online players to go pink and get their friends involved in fundraising campaigns. With the active support of all things bingo, perhaps we will be able to do something about ridding this scourge from our society.
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