THEATRE-goers in Felixstowe have brought the house down with a bumper donation to The Evening Star's Somebody's Daughter memorial fund.
THEATRE-goers in Felixstowe have brought the house down with a bumper donation to The Evening Star's Somebody's Daughter memorial fund.
Visitors to the Spa Pavilion were invited to make a contribution to the appeal, which was launched to prevent more young women from walking in the desperate footsteps of the five who were killed during December.
And their generosity has swelled the fund to the tune of £147.
Collection organisers at the Spa said they were delighted to support the cause.
The appeal, launched in conjunction with Ipswich Borough Council, will ultimately be used to fund a refuge for young people in Ipswich embroiled in vice and drug addiction.
The fund total currently stands at almost £20,000.
Gemma Adams, Tania Nicol, Anneli Alderton, Paula Clennell and Annette Nicholls were killed and left in remote areas around Ipswich. All were caught in the grip of substance misuse.
Donations to the memorial fund can be made online at www.eveningstar.co.uk, in person at Ipswich Borough Council's customer service centre in the Town Hall, by calling 01473 433777, or by sending a cheque, made payable to Somebody's Daughter Memorial Fund, to PO Box 772, Ipswich Borough Council, Grafton House, 15-17 Russell Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 2DE.
To receive free promotional posters and collecting buckets, call reporter Josh Warwick on 01473 324840 or e-mail him at josh.warwick@eveningstar.co.uk
What are you doing to help? Call us on 01473 324840.
WEBLINK: www.eveningstar.co.uk/daughter
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