St Mary’s Rag record for Circle Line pub crawl

St Mary’s Hospital Medical School’s annual Rag week has generated Ł35,000 so far this year, and more is expected from sponsorships and from the London Marathon, in which many medical students hope to participate.

This year also saw a new record set for the most money raised by a single event. The Circle Line Pub Crawl, involving around 400 students, brought in an estimated Ł19,500. This is an increase of around Ł2,000 on the previous record, set last year.

St Mary’s Rag plans to donate about Ł20,000 to Motor Neurone Disease, an organisation devoted to funding research and providing care for patients suffering from various forms of nervous disability. Ł4,000 will be given to Help The Aged for their purchase of a new minibus. What remains will be distributed among the internal charities of St Mary’s Hospital.

Other Rag Week fund raising events included the Breakfast Party, when Ł4,000 was collected from Waterloo and Paddington Stations in the early morning rush hours; the Rag Dash to Dublin, which yielded Ł1,500; and the numerous entertainment evenings - Games Show, Bands Night, and Comedy Night - all of which enjoyed an attendance of well over 300.

Speaking to Felix, Rob Slater, President of the Rag Committee, said that he was extremely pleased with the amount raised and impressed with the effort put in by all the students. Andy King, secretary of the Rag Committee, expressed his hopes that after the merger, medical students would be able to collaborate with their scientist and engineer counterparts and show them how to run an even more sucessful Rag Week from the South Kensington campus