Banbury Morrisons to host fundraising and car wash day this Saturday

Morrisons supermarket in Banbury will host a charity fundraising and car washing day this Saturday (September 2).
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The store will join the Morrisons’ nationwide fundraising initiative for Together for Short Lives, a children’s hospice charity (find out more by visiting https://www.togetherforshortlives.org.uk).

The fundraiser, named the butterfly trail, sees each branch of the supermarket chain erect a giant butterfly outside of its premises for a day while it fundraises before transporting it on to another Morrisons branch.

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Once the butterfly, which is attached to a 7ft pole, arrives at the store in a fleet of classic Morgan cars on Saturday morning, it signals the beginning of the Banbury fundraising period.

The arrival of a giant butterfly at Banbury's Morrisons supermarket on Saturday morning will mark the beginning of the store's fundraising shift.The arrival of a giant butterfly at Banbury's Morrisons supermarket on Saturday morning will mark the beginning of the store's fundraising shift.
The arrival of a giant butterfly at Banbury's Morrisons supermarket on Saturday morning will mark the beginning of the store's fundraising shift.

The day, which starts at around 8.30am, features a car wash and dry for £5 per car run by the Scouts and Explorers and various activities arranged inside the store, including a tombola, the water or wine challenge, and the lemon challenge.

Mandy Merry, the community champion at the store, said: "Each store has the butterfly for a day, and we are trying to raise £500 per store; if this happens, we will raise £250,000 for Together for Short Lives. However, I want to smash that and raise £1,000 in store on Saturday."

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