Bride up to scratch.A BRIDE-to-be will be helping to raise charity cash on her big day. Julie Turnbull and husbandto-be Mark Goldsbury have decided to hand out scratchcards to guests when they get married next March. But the couple won't be boosting the profits of National Lottery operator Camelot. Instead the couple have bought a number of scratch cards produced by St Oswald's Hospice hospice, program of humane and supportive care for the terminally ill and their families; the term also applies to a professional facility that provides care to dying patients who can no longer be cared for at home. . Guests will be handed the scratch cards as wedding favours and could win up to pounds 1,000. The idea is the hospice's latest way of raising funds. The hospice, in Gosforth, Newcastle, is hoping to raise pounds 20,000 from the new initiative. Julie, 30, said: "We thought the scratch card scratch card n. See scratch ticket. scratch card scratch n → carte f à gratter wedding favour idea was a great way to support a local charity, as well as give our friends and family the chance to win a prize." Prizes range from a free coffee to cash prizes up to pounds 1,000. St Oswald's scratch cards can be bought at Great Coffee and any of St Oswald's 13 charity shops. Players must be over 16 and tickets are pounds 1 each. CAPTION(S): FUNDRAISING LAUNCH: Left-right, Steph Whitehead, Aimee Anderson, Julie Turnbull, Jill Fidler, Sarah Medcalf and Niki Virgo on the Newcastle Quayside quay·side n. The area adjacent to a quay or wharf or a system of quays, especially in a port city. quayside quay n → Kai m |
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