Cakes were baked, staff wore 80s-themed fancy dress and bags were packed for shoppers at a popular Lowestoft store as funds were raised for a worthy cause.
Part of the M&S Lowestoft store has been transformed over the past two days – with an 'I love 80s' fun weekend helping to raise funds for ward 17 at the James Paget University Hospital in Gorleston.
With staff at the M&S store choosing ward 17 as their local charity of the year, a number of fundraising events have been organised.
The latest of which took place in store yesterday (Friday) and today as more than £1,000 was raised.
The event was organised by staff members Emma Rose and Michaela Oldman. Emma said: 'It has been a really good couple of days. Raising money for ward 17 means a lot to us.'
Michaela added: 'There has been a really nice atmosphere in store and the customers have been fantastic.'
Students from Benjamin Britten Music Academy attended on Friday and helped pack bags for shoppers, cakes were sold and staff took it in turns to cycle the equivalent distance of travelling to the James Paget University Hospital on an exercise bike.
With £430 raised on Friday, and more than £200 raised between 10am and noon this morning (Saturday), staff were thrilled to have raised a final total of £1053.45.
With the staff members getting into the spirit of the occasion by wearing 80s-themed fancy dress, and donating £1 to wear their best 80s gear, they cycled the equivalent of 130 miles on the exercise bike – which is 19 trips to the James Paget Hospital.
'It has been a really fun couple of days,' Emma Rose added.
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