Two delightful bears have spent the year sitting on the reception desk in The Thistle Hotel in Middlesbrough. They have been looking for homes for their brother bears and appealing to visitors to the Hotel to part with a bit more cash when they pay their bill to give a bear a home and help support Butterwick House Children’s Hospice.
On Wednesday at 1pm Thistle GM, Damon Roberts, accompanied by his Assistant Manager, Vicki Jackson and several of the bears will present a Christmas donation of £1,000 to help towards the cost of providing care for families at Butterwick House.
The money has been raised from the sale of Huggy Butterwick and his baby brother. Huggy proudly wears a Thistle t-shirt. Alongside Huggy is his smaller brother Baby Butterwick clutching a little soft branded comforter.
Thistle General Manager, Damon Roberts, will present £1,000 from the sale of the two bears by staff at the Hotel to Butterwick Community Fundraiser, Tracy Bowstead. The Children’s Hospice is delighted with the success of the partnership between Butterwick and the Thistle Hotel. Not only have the 4 star hotel’s team helped to sell the Butterwick bears they have also staged several successful events for the Children’s Hospice and are a delight to work with.
PR and Marketing Manager, Jackie Firth, said: ‘The Thistle team is fantastic. The management and staff are supportive and helpful and a very professional team to work with. We were delighted when they agreed to help us with our fashion show in 2009 and since then we have worked successfully together on a number of projects to support Butterwick House. We are very grateful for the effort the team at Thistle have put into promoting the Butterwick bears and delighted that our partnership has worked so well.’
