August 4, 2011 by admin
Pictured above is Sussex Heart Charity Chairman Andrew Cohen receiving £530 cheque from Suzette Ford
Sussex Heart Charity was chosen to be part of the Waitrose Community Matters Scheme. Shoppers are given a token every time they shop at Waitrose and are then able to put the token to any one of the 3 charities nominated each month, this scheme is operated at all branches and is designed to help put a share of Waitrose profits back into loca charities in the community, the amount allocated from each (large) store per month is £1,000 this is then divided proportionally between the three nominated charities.
Suzette Ford nominated the Sussex Heart Charity because her partner Paul had recently suffered a cardiac event and had to undergo cardiac surgery. Suzette said ”Paul has made a fantastic progress, I had seen the leaflet about the charity in the cardiac unit at the Sussex Cardiac Centre and because of the care that he had received I wanted to put something back”. Thanks to this fantastic gesture by Suzette and the shopper at Waitrose we received a very generous £530.00 donation