Generous Hibees still doing it for Dnipro kids

From: Evening News - Scotland | Date: June 19, 2006| Author: DAVID HARDIE | Copyright information

BIG-HEARTED Hibs fans are to "adopt" another Ukrainian orphanage as the money continues to flood in ten months after Tony Mowbray's side faced Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk in the UEFA Cup.

What had been intended as a one-off donation to help stricken kids at the Predniprovsk Tuberculosis Children's Centre has mushroomed, leading to the Dnipro Appeal being registered as a charity in Scotland.

Already GBP 14,000 has been raised, astounding organiser Stevie Carr who is now set to make a ...

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