npower donates soft toys to children at Zoe's Place Baby Hospice

Dec. 23, 2010 - PRLog -- npower staff have donated 30 cuddly toy football mascots to Zoe's Place Baby Hospice at Normanby.

npower, sponsors of the npower Football League, asked staff to vote for a good cause this Christmas – and more than 700 of chose Zoe's Place from a selection of charities nationwide.

npower head of sponsorship Emma Collins said: "A number of our npower Football League clubs had sent us cuddly toy mascots. Our staff wanted them to go to a good home, and bring joy to some little lives.

"The vote for Zoe's Place in Middlesbrough was overwhelming. We hope the children love the npower toy donation (http://www.npower.com/Home/index.htm)."

Zoe's Place Baby Hospices are the only baby specific hospices in the country. They are a home from home for babies who have life-limiting or terminal illnesses. The hospices only receive limited Government funding.

A spokesperson for Zoe's Place, Crossbeck House, High Street, said: "What a marvellous gesture. And just in time for Christmas. Everyone here would like to thank npower's staff for thinking of us."

About npower:
npower are title sponsors of the Test Match Series in England, Women's Test Series and the Village Cup.

npower are proud sponsors of the npower Football League (https://www.npower.com/At_Home/Tactical/FootballLeagueFan...), including The npower Championship, npower League 1 and npower League 2 commencing July 2010.   

npower has 6.6 million residential gas and electricity accounts throughout the UK. npower is a market leader in renewable energy. npower juice matches green energy primarily from off-shore wind farms for juice customers at no extra cost.

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