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Fat Buddha helps St.Cuthbert’s with ‘Dine and Donate’

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.

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.”

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ed Tutty .