Football – Scoring big! Gunners’ record cash for Great Ormond Street Hospital
Published: 05 August, 2010
by STEVE BARNETT
ARSENAL smashed their fundraising target for Great Ormond Street Hospital children’s charity after raising a record-breaking £818,897.
The club had hoped to net £500,000 through their Be a Gooner, Be a Giver campaign but, thanks to fans’ large generosity, they ended up eclipsing all previous fundraising totals for Arsenal’s Charity of the Season initiative.
The money will be used to build a modern and spacious Arsenal Lung Function Unit.
Gunners’ boss Arsene Wenger said: “We are delighted to smash our target of raising £500,000 for this hospital. The fans have been superb with their generosity yet again.”