THE residents and team from Athena Care Homes are celebrating after taking on fundraising challenges and holding a summer fete in aid of two charities working in the sector.
As part of the Athena Care Homes’ Care Home Open Week celebrations, the team and residents at Goodwins Hall in King’s Lynn, laid on a summer fete which featured a BBQ, live entertainment, stall holders, crafts, activities, games for children, and much more.
During the event Lucy Hoddy and Katie Wright, from Athena’s learning and development team, took on a ‘pie to the face’ challenge to raise money for NAPA and the Care Workers’ Charity.
Lucy and Katie were asked a series of 20 challenging trivia questions, put together by the residents. When they were unsuccessful with their answers, they received a pie to the face – thrown by the residents, friends, family, and even some of the Athena team.
Lucy said: “It was fantastic to be able to join the Goodwins Hall team for their summer fete.
“NAPA and the Care Workers’ Charity provide essential services which our teams and residents really benefit from. I’m really delighted we’ve been able to make a significant contribution to them both.”
The light-hearted fun turned out to be a huge hit with residents and the local community, with the charitable donations from the day reaching a total of £1,400 which will be shared evenly between both charities.
Michael Butler, engagement officer at NAPA, and Neil Flack, national accounts manager at the Care Workers’ Charity, both joined the residents at Goodwins Hall for a cheque presentation and to express their thanks.
