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Leith Race Night For Charity

Date: 29/12/2009

Leith Race Night For Charity

On the 10th October 2009 Mint Casino Leith hosted a fantastic Race Night in aid of St Columbus Hospice; the local hospice is for terminally ill cancer patients.

I spoke to all the staff in the casino for ideas to bring in customers and at the suggestion of one of our pit bosses, Billy Robertson, we decided to have a Race Night. It was suggested that we have the event in aid of a local charity and it was fully backed by General Manager Rob Marshall.

Debbie Mathews and myself then took to the streets, speaking to local businesses and telling them about the event. We were on a mission to sell tickets! We also had our reception staff on the case phoning local businesses and asking for donations for our raffle. The response was brilliant, ending up with 21 fabulous prizes.

We managed to get our local Marks & Spencer's to purchase 24 tickets as they also raise money for this charity and our cashiers
made sure everyone who went to the cash desk was told about the event (more than once in some cases!).

On the night of the event we had a total of 87 tickets sold. One of our staff member Colleen Burns booked the night off and came along to help at the event.

Our chefs worked really hard preparing a wonderful buffet - our hospitality team leader Darren Dickson and his team were run off their feet and everyone who attended the event had a great time.

We managed to raise £920 for an excellent cause with the added bonus of meeting lots of the local business people.

We have more of these events planned and our staff are all really keen to be involved.

Donna Paterson-Harvie - Gaming Manager, Mint Leith

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