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Tusker,
East Africa's number one lager has raised a staggering amount of
money for TUSK Trust, by donating 5p from every sale of Tusker
premium lager in the UK. To celebrate the occasion the famous actor
John Challis, (known for his portrayal as the nation's favourite car
salesman Boycie, in "Only Fools and Horses" and "The
Green Green Grass"), kindly made the cheque presentation to Tusk
Trust for £10,434 at the Glass House restaurant in Worcester.
John
Challis was one of the inaugural patrons for the Tusk Trust and has
generously given much of his time to the charity over the last
fifteen years and certainly caused a stir in Worcester for the
presentation. John says "It is always a pleasure to work with
Tusk Trust and it is great to see Tusker, a genuine African lager,
raising so much money for the charity in the UK. People have said I
have an almost ecclesiastical zeal for the work Tusk Trust do, but
that is because it is so important. This was one of the first
charities to get local people involved in the preservation of
Africa's incredible wild life. I am hoping one day to make a series
of documentaries on this work."
Tusk
Trust is a dynamic UK based wildlife charity with over 17 years
experience of conserving wildlife, promoting education and supporting
community development programmes throughout Africa. HRH Prince
William has granted his Royal Patronage and the charity also boasts a
large number of celebrity supporters such as Rory Bremner, John
Challis, Ronnie Wood and Griff Rhys Jones. Tusk provides practical,
logistical and financial support to a portfolio of over thirty
different field projects spread across 17 African countries.
Peter
Karsten, Distributor of Tusker in the UK comments: "We are
so thrilled that this initiative has raised so much money for the
Tusk Trust and that John gave up his valuable time to present the
cheque on our behalf as well as entertaining us all afternoon. The
work Tusk does in Africa is so important and as Tusker is a genuine
imported African lager we feel it is very important to give something
back to Africa. We are looking forward to raising even more funds for
TUSK in 2008"
Tusker
is an award winning genuine imported lager, which has won Gold on
numerous occasions at the highly respected "Monde Selection"
international beer awards. Research shows this is what drinkers are
looking for in the UK. By drinking Tusker they have allowed the brand
to make a contribution to charity while enjoying East Africa's
favourite lager. Tusker is brewed using the highest quality
equatorial malted barley grown at the base of Mt. Kenya and in the
Kenyan Rift Valley. It is a crisp and clean tasting lager making it a
great thirst quencher as well as the ideal accompaniment to food.
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