By thinking pink to fight breast cancer, Kingston Mobile Telecom are also hoping their fundraising will help reduce waiting times for cancer patients.Â

Margaret Pridmore, Director of the Hull company and a strong supporter of local cancer charities, was delighted to help Castle Hill Hospital when they approached her to raffle off a pink mobile phone to raise vital funds for its Breast Care Unit. Â

Anne-Marie Taylor, Superintendent Radiographer at Castle Hill’s Breast Care Unit, said:

Fundraising efforts by Kingston Mobile Telecom

Â

“We are extremely grateful for the kind donation of a pink mobile phone from Kingston Mobile Telecom. The money raised from this and some other events during the month of October will go towards our Patient Pathway Scheme which aims to make what is always a difficult experience more pleasureable for the patients.”

The Patient Pathway Scheme is all about ensuring that cancer patients are seen and treated within 18 weeks. Castle Hill Hospital has been one of the pilot sites established across England to run programmes, projects and initiatives to make this a reality. The idea is to reduce waiting times for patients during the diagnostic and treatment phases of care as well as to improve patient access to services.

Margaret bought a box of pink shrimp sweets. All you have to do is pay £1 and whoever correctly guesses the number of shrimps in the box, wins a Samsung G600 phone!  There are boxes of pink shrimps in both the main reception of the breast care unit and the reception at Kingston Mobile Telecom and there are still a few days left if you fancy your chances – the closing date is November 30th!Â

Watch this space to find out who the lucky winner is – and more importantly how much money was raised for this life-saving cause.

Â

 Â

Fundraising Efforts by Kingston Mobile Telecom

Here’s a riddle for you! What do pink ribbons, pink shrimps and a pink telephone have in common? Well, it’s all part of Kingston Mobile Telecom’s fundraising efforts for Castle Hill Hospital’s Breast Cancer Care Unit!

As we all know, October was Breast Cancer Awareness month when thousands of people around the world, including celebrities, sportspeople and politicians, wear a pink ribbon not only to raise money to help find an effective treatment for breast cancer, the second most deadly form of human cancer, but also to raise awareness that it exists all around us.

In Hull, Margaret Pridmore, Director of Kingston Mobile Telecom and a strong supporter of local cancer charities, was eager to help Castle Hill Hospital when they approached her to raffle off a pink mobile phone to raise vital funds for its Breast Care Unit. Staying with the “pink” theme, Margaret bought a box of pink shrimp sweets. All you had to do was pay £1 and whoever correctly guesses the number of shrimps in the box, wins a Samsung G600 phone!  Â

As well as having a box of pink shrimps in both the main reception of the breast care unit and the reception at Kingston Mobile Telecom, Margaret called on her fellow BNI Wilberforce members to join in the raffle at one of their regular Tuesday morning meetings in an effort to raise as much money as possible.

There’s still time to try your luck – the closing date is November 30th! We’ll update you with the results as soon as they are in …….so watch this space to find out who the lucky winner is – and more importantly how much money was raised for this life-saving cause.