Mr Kite's Benefit Band Presents "Huge" Cheque


Alistair Hodgson from Mr Kite’s Benefit Band presents IRHH Chief Executive, Rowena Dean with the “huge” cheque

Members of local charity fundraisers, Mr Kite’s Benefit Band, visited the offices of the Iain Rennie Hospice At Home in Tring on Wednesday 14th January to represent the proceeds of their fundraising efforts to the Dacorum-based charity. Chief Executive, Rowena Dean, was rendered almost speechless when Mr Kite’s keyboard player, Alistair Hodgson, handed over a cheque for £8,000 which measured just 3cm x 1cm. Rowena Dean said “I was expecting to be amazed by the size of the cheque but I hadn’t expected to need reading glasses to find out how much the band had raised for us! The band members and their support crew perform regularly to raise funds and they donate their fees to charity. They just go from strength to strength and we’re enormously grateful to them for raising such a huge amount of money in such a fun way.”

The 7 strong band and their 3 man support crew perform about once a month throughout the year and donate their £500 fee to the Iain Rennie Hospice At Home or The Pepper Foundation. The band started in 1989 as an offshoot of the very successful Pepper concerts and since then the band, and the extremely dedicated crew that support them, have committed themselves to taking the spirit of rock 'n' roll out into the community, at the same time raising funds for charity. Anyone interested in booking the band can contact Alistair on 01442 875011 and more information can be found on the band’s website www.mrkite.org.uk

Mr Kite’s Benefit Band Members with IRHH Staff