Playing games pays off for Grove House

Harpenden, UK - 29th January 2008 - Harpenden software company, Armstrong Consultants presented Grove House Hospice with a cheque this week, for £1,000 as a result of fundraising activities by staff. The cheque was presented to Fundraising Director Paul Parrish at Grove House, St Albans by Armstrong Marketing Manager, Claire Jones.

Armstrong staff had been busy raising money for Grove House throughout 2007. During the year, 'Dress Down Fridays' were introduced, with office-based staff paying £1 to dress casually. One particularly talented member of the team made a full size arcade game from scratch, featuring over 1,000 games for the office kitchen - staff paid 10p a go, with all proceeds donated to the Hospice.

Chris Bayne, Managing Director at Armstrong commented: "We are really proud to support a local organisation like Grove House. They provide such valuable support and help within our area and it's been great to see the staff raise so such money through activities at work. The arcade game in particular has proved to be a great success, both in raising money and bringing the team together in the office."

The money raised will be going towards the running costs of Grove House and in particularly, the development of 'Grove House at Home'. This will offer a 24 hour 7 day a week home nursing care service for the residents of St Albans and Harpenden, enabling the seriously ill the choice to be cared for within their own homes.

For further information on Grove House and the work they do in the St Albans area please visit www.grove-house.org.

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