Teams get a pizza the action
Colleagues enjoyed a delicious mid-week treat thanks to the fundraising effort of one man who was inspired by a Tweet he saw while settling down for a takeaway pizza. Martyn Haynes from Telford raised an incredible £600 after posting on social media that he wanted to do send pizzas to our A&E teams. His appeal even attracted one donation from the USA. Martyn said he was inspired to do something when he decided to treat himself to a pizza delivery after a busy day working from home – and then saw a tweet from our ED teams (pictured). Martyn said: “I thought: ‘those guys have had a much more difficult week than I had, so let's try and treat them to some pizza too’.
hospital sites. “I am very grateful to the people in Shropshire and beyond - one donation came all the way from California who have helped to make this possible. We are all appreciative of the continued hard work and sacrifices of our NHS teams. “Pizzas don't quite do it justice to be honest, but even if this small token helps brighten up their day or comes as some small distraction, it will be worth it.” Martyn worked with the Public Participation and Catering teams at SaTH to organise the pizza drop, which took place on Wednesday.
Betty Lodge, Emergency Department Head of Nursing, said: “Our teams are incredibly grateful to Martyn, and everyone who donated, for this wonderfully generous gesture. Colleagues are working incredibly hard in the face of the “I posted on Twitter and my Facebook account that it might be a nice idea to raise some cash to coronavirus pandemic and have been for the best buy pizzas and posted a link for people to donate. part of a year. Acts of kindness like this really go a long way to help us keep going.” By the time I managed to look at my email the next day the amount donated was in the hundreds Donations of hot food to the hospital need to be of pounds. distributed within 30 minutes of arriving on site, so “Over the next couple of days people continued to it is not always possible to reach all areas. Our teams are working hard to ensure distribution is donate and we raised in excess of £600. done as fairly as possible. “Working with Dominos in Shrewsbury and Wellington we were able to supply 60 assorted pizzas for distribution around the teams at both
