Gala Bingo online launches fundraising Everest game

August 27, 2009 - New charity game for Sue Ryder Care supports employee Everest trek galabingo.com is launching a fundraising ‘Everest’ link online bingo game to support its team of intrepid employees who are gearing up to trek to Everest Base Camp for charity in October. It is hoped the extreme challenge, which will see a 24-strong team of employees, trek 75 miles and ascending 2,700 metres up the world’s highest mountain, will raise £100k for Gala Coral’s group-wide charity Sue Ryder Care. The Everest trek is just one of a number of ongoing initiatives by Gala Coral Group, who aim to raise £1million by 2010 for the charity, which provides expert and compassionate care to people living with conditions including cancer, multiple sclerosis, stroke and Huntington’s Disease. Starting on 27 August for eight weeks, 10 per cent of ticket sales from the new Everest link online bingo (www.galabingo.com) game, which takes place on a Thursday evening at 19:25hrs, will go towards the Everest fundraising total. Paul Woodward, Chief Executive at Sue Ryder Care, said: “We’re delighted that a group of employees have volunteered to trek to Everest Base Camp to help raise vital funds for Sue Ryder Care. We hope as many people as possible support their fundraising effort through the dedicated bingo game (http://www.galabingo.co.uk/bingogames.go ). By supporting Sue Ryder Care, people across the country help us make a real difference to the lives of thousands of people we care for each year.” The adventurous trek, which can cause mountain altitude sickness, DVTs and dehydration, will commence at Lukla on October 16 and finish at Everest Base Camp on November 3. Notes to editors Gala Bingo (www.galabingo.com) is part of Gala Coral Group’s Remote Gambling division. This division is responsible for the development, management and operation of the Group's E-Commerce activities in the UK and worldwide through Coral.co.uk, Eurobet.com, galabingo.com and Galacasino.co.uk. The division also operates Coral Telebet, our telephone betting business and is the UK's first operator of digital interactive televised bingo by pushing the red button on Gala TV (Sky channel 861). Sue Ryder Care Sue Ryder Care is a leading healthcare charity providing specialist palliative, neurological and community based services. Sue Ryder provides four million hours a year of expert and compassionate care and support for people living with serious illnesses and conditions, as well as their families and loved ones. Sue Ryder enables people living with illnesses such as cancer, motor neurone disease, Multiple Sclerosis and Huntington Disease, to get the best from their lives. Sue Ryder believes that everyone who needs our expert care should be able to receive it and live their lives with dignity, independence and free from pain. www.suerydercare.org Read our Gala Bingo Review