Bob raises £20,000 with record year

MAYOR Bob Smytherman has been carrying out his final few duties this week before the mayoral role is handed to Vic Walker tomorrow.
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mayor Bob Smytherman celebrates his year

Mayor Making will take place in the town hall at mid-day.

This week the money Bob has raised for his three charities, the Alzheimer’s Society, Mind West Sussex and Guild Care, was counted.

He said: “We have raised £20,000, which is an incredible amount. This will be split equally between the three charities which have a broad mental illness link and are close to my heart after I lost my sister, who suffered post natal depression.

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“What is really nice is that the single biggest donation was £100 so this means that the whole community has been involved in this fundraising effort rather than rich people giving big chunks, which is not what I wanted.

“We think it is a record amount for a mayor to have raised. My target was £15,000 but I did not dream we would get anything like that.”

For more on Guild Care’s Building a Home to Remember appeal, see page 27.

See next week’s Herald for a round-up of Bob’s year.