Blooming Great news for the Joshua Tree charity following a large donation from the organisers of the Deganwy Dash.

*Pictured above - John Hatton in the white shirt is shown holding the fundraising cheque for nearly £4k for the Joshua Tree, along with his colleague Carla Green (far right) and (*far left) Lee Talbot from Brown & Brown, was available together with a charity official and other race sponsors.

Blooming Great news for the Joshua Tree charity following a large donation from the organisers of the Deganwy Dash.

Report by Don Hale

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Fundraising was blossoming this week with some blooming great news for organisers of the Joshua Tree charity following the presentation of a large cheque for £3,955.37 from John Hatton the run director of the popular Deganwy 5 mile Dash.

John and his club and event colleague Carla Green were on hand to present these funds to the deserving charity watched by race sponsors from Specsavers, Brown & Brown, MKM and Jennings Civil Engineers.

John and Carla said that they have also sent off several hundred pounds to the Young Lives vs Cancer charity.

Lee Talbot from the insurance company Brown & Brown, additionally confirmed that they will sponsor the race again next year along with Specsavers.

*John Hatton (second from left) with Carla Green and some race sponsors.