A general manager from a local casino in Bristol will be joining a team of colleagues from nine other Grosvenor Casinos this September to take on a 3500ft trek to the top of Mount Snowdon where they will play the highest Poker tournament on record.
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Chris Green, 40, General Manager at Grosvenor Casino Bristol, is aiming to raise over £10,000 for Marie Curie Cancer Care with the help of his colleagues as part of the Rank Group’s year long partnership with the charity. The money raised will help provide more free nursing care for people with terminal cancer and other illnesses.
He said, “Across the Rank Group we’ve already raised over £185k for Marie Curie in 2010. Another £10,000 from this event will really help us on our way to the £200,000 target.
“I completed the 3 Peaks Challenge last year and it was the toughest thing I’ve ever done. I’m really looking forward to the buzz of achieving something of this scale with a group – it will be a real challenge.
“We came up with the idea of playing a high stakes poker tournament during one of our regional meetings but I didn’t think we’d actually go ahead and do it!
“I am confident that, despite a few sore muscles, we will pull out all the stops to raise as much money as we can for this worthy cause. The work that Marie Curie Nurses do is really fantastic and it’s great to know that every £20 we raise from the challenge will pay for an hour of nursing care in a patient’s home.”
The team will be holding several fundraising events in their casinos during the coming weeks. They’ll also be encouraging team members and customers to donate on their justgiving page which is: http://www.justgiving.com/GrosvenorSouth-High-Stakes-Poker
Grosvenor Casino team members and customers are helping to raise £200,000 for Marie Curie Cancer Care throughout 2010 which would fund 10,000 of home nursing care. All funds raised will help Marie Curie Nurses care for terminally ill people in their own homes at the end of their lives.