A care home in the Fens held a charity coffee morning and bake sale on September 13 to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support.
Residents and staff at Hickathrift House Care Home in Marshland St James, Wisbech, enjoyed spending time with friends and relatives, and members of the local community.
Head chef Nikki Grove“We all love raising money for them and the best bit is, we get to each cake at the same time!”s had baked lots of lovely cakes, biscuits and pastries for everyone to sample and for guests to buy to take home.
Some residents had baked cakes and biscuits for the occasion too along with their visitors and members of the community, everyone was spoilt for choice!
Hickathrift’s coffee morning raised £75 and everyone had a great time doing it.
Paula Colman, general manager at Hickathrift House Care Home, said: “Our Macmillan coffee morning has been a huge amount of fun, everyone at the home is always keen to support this fantastic charity in any way we can.
“We are very glad to be able to do our bit to raise further awareness for MacMillan and money for the charity.”
Barrie, a resident at the home, commented: “MacMillan is such a fantastic charity and they do such amazing work in the community,
“We all love raising money for them and the best bit is, we get to each cake at the same time!”
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