Fat Buddha helps St. Cuthbert's with 'Dine and Donate' fundraising

 

Diners in a Durham restaurant not only had a good time but raised money for one of the City charities during a 'Dine and Donate' deal during May.

 

Fat Buddha Durham, in the Walkergate area of the City centre, got together with St. Cuthbert's Hospice to raise money during May.

Bob Senior and Kay Welsh toast a successful 'Dine and Donate' month

 

 

During the month customers of the Durham based Asian bar and kitchen were offered the ' Early Buddha' menu that would donate five pounds to the Hospice.  Some 175 people took up the offer of great food and adding to the funds of a very well respected local charity.

 

" The hospice has done a great job for the people surrounding the City for years and we were looking at some way to help them.  Not only did the diners have a delightful meal in great surroundings but they also helped to raise money and awareness of the work that St. Cuthbert's does." said Managing Director of Fat Buddha Bob Senior.

 

Fat Buddha has been in Durham for over eight years and now has a sister restaurant in Newcastle with another in Sunderland opening during the summer.

 

Kay Welsh, Senior Donor Development Fundraiser  at the Hospice was delighted to collect the cheque from the restaurant fro £875:

 

“We are grateful to each and every one of the diners who came along to Fat Buddha and helped raise this money. Of course we’d also like to thank Bob and his staff for thinking of us in this way. It created great interest as well as much needed funds. Fat Buddha served us up a treat.”

 

 

Top restaurant teams up with Hospice to make May 'Donate while you Dine' month

Durham's Fat Buddha Restaurant is making sure that May is the month when the local hospice fundraising gets an extra top up with 'Donate while you Dine' 

The Walkergate based eatery has teamed up with St. Cuthbert's Hospice to offer a deal on the 'Early Buddha' menu that will see each order donate to the charity:

 " We spoke to the Hospice about how we could help in a practical way" said Bob Senior, Fat Buddha Chief Executive, "and we come up with a way that will work throughout the month and hopefully help with much needed funding for a really great cause."

"Anyone coming into the Durham restaurant can simply opt for selection from the  'Early Buddha' menu.  This is the menu on between 5pm and 7pm Sunday until Friday so is ideal for after work eating or an early dinner with the family.  £5 from the price of the adult selection goes to the hospice."

Kay Welsh,  Senior Donor Development Fundraiser for the Durham City based hospice is delight with the offer:

"We would like to thank Bob and everyone at fat Buddha in Durham for supporting St. Cuthbert's Hospice.  May is a really important fundraising month for us as we prepare for our new summer paint event, 'Colourama' on June 6 and fat Buddha are helping as much as they can."