Buying a cup of coffee can assist ill children.  By charging hotel patrons a small fee for coffee the Olympic Hotel staff and patrons have raised $16,225 for the oncology department at the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne.

A cheque to the ‘My Room’ Committee was recently presented by, Managing Director of Olympic Hotel in Preston, Joe Marcocci and General Manager, Paul Pavlou to Mary McGowan from the Children’s Cancer Centre at the Royal Children’s Hospital.

“Through personal experiences and Jo’s involvement with the ‘My Room committee,’ our first choice to raise funds was the Children’s Cancer Centre at the Royal Children’s Hospital,” said Paul Pavlou, General Manager at Olympic Hotel.

“Over the last five years we have been heavily involved in our fundraising. Our staff raffle meat trays and a slab of beer every Friday night to our customers.   We also keep a tally board of our fundraising efforts so customers are aware of the amount raised for the hospital,” said Paul.

“It’s a fantastic effort by the staff and customers at The Olympic Hotel.  They have raised approximately $38,500 over five years to support the Cancer Centre to update the facilities of the Day Chemotherapy Unit,” said Mary McGowan.

“We would like to thank Crown Coffee, University Meats, Olympic Hotel staff and all their patrons for their ongoing support of our fundraising activities for the Royal Children’s Hospital,” said Paul Pavlou.