REDDITCH Lions Club raised more than £1,000 for Children in Need last week.
The group were in the Kingfisher Shopping Centre collecting for Children in Need last Friday, November 17
It raised a total of £1,145.
The club started a collection when the first telethon was broadcast in 1980.
Collecting in the town centre (the Kingfisher was yet to be completed), the donations were put towards the BBC’s aim of raising £1 million.
Several club members rushed off to Pebble Mill studios with a massive cardboard cheque hoping to get on the telly.
Since that first collection, the club has collected every year in the Kingfisher Centre and to date the total donated by the people of Redditch has exceeded £45,000.
Brian Rich, from the Redditch Lions Club, said: "Every year, we see our regulars, people who come to us in the Kingfisher Centre with their own collections that they have saved up over the year."
He thanked everyone for their help.
Comments: Our rules
We want our comments to be a lively and valuable part of our community - a place where readers can debate and engage with the most important local issues. The ability to comment on our stories is a privilege, not a right, however, and that privilege may be withdrawn if it is abused or misused.
Please report any comments that break our rules.
Read the rules here