QPR signed shirt auction for charity
Hello allA friend of mine in Lowerstoft is a trustee of a charity that provides holiday accomodation for ex-service men and women.The charity is the Lord Kitchener Memorial Holiday Centre: http://www.kitchener.lowestoft.org.uk/It provides holiday accommodation at a subsidised rate for ex-members of the British and Commonwealth armed forces and the merchant service (only), from April to October each year.They are currently patronless (Lord Kitchener, the 3rd Earl, died late last year) but we are supported financially by the ABF (was the Army Benevolent Fund), the RAF Benevolent Fund and Seafarer's UK. However they are all finding that in the current climate the level of support they can give is diminishing.So, they wrote to all of the Premiership clubs and asked if they could have something to sell to raise funds. QPR kindly responded with a shirt signed by the first team, and my friend has sent it to me because there are more QPR fans in Chiswick, Hammersmith and The Bush than in Lowerstoft.I am the owner of the antiquarian bookshop at 183 Chiswick High Road, and the shirt can be viewed there (along with a letter from QPR). I will also post a photo of it to my Twitter account @fostersbookshop I propose to run the auction up until 9pm Monday evening. Email your bids to the shop at stephen@fostersbooks.co.uk or drop a bid into the shop. The winning bidder can make payment direct to the charity by cheque, or I will happily take a credit / debit card payment in the shop. I will also post the shirt to the winning bidder if they are outside of the area.Many thanks in advance for your generosity.Stephen Foster
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