A day centre for the elderly is set to benefit from the actions of a Preston businessman.
Cassim Patel of Essuf's Cash and Carry is donating a percentage of the profits from his new business venture to the Moor Lane Day Care Centre, which helped his father.
Cassim's father Essuf was left partially paralysed after a stroke in 1982. For the remaining 14 years of his life he was assisted by the Care Centre.
"It is is something we as a family will never forget. The staff at the Care centre helped my father so much and we are forever indebted to them.
"So when I set up this Cash and Carry I wanted first and foremost to raise money for a new van for the centre.
"My father could not move the right side of his body after the stroke and could not speak.
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"But visits to the Care centre every day helped him in some way to have as normal a life as possible."
"Staff would go out of their way to assist him." Cassim's father, Essuf Kasim Patel, came to the country from Mozambique in the sixties.
He worked as a telecommunications engineer and was a well-known and well-liked figure within Preston's local community.
"My father was known to members of all the community and we wanted to assist the care centre which benefits everyone regardless of their background."
"I feel we as a community should do more to raise money for charities and care centres such as these that affect everyone."
Cassim a bank manager at Natwest opened the 6000 square foot Essuf's Cash and Carry to the public this month.
"It has taken a lot of hard work to open the business but I am sure we will succeed.
"The store has a wide variety of products to cater for the whole market.
"We have paid deep thoughts in the planning of the company and the layout of the store."
"Products in the store have been selected with close scrutiny to give our customers the best choice and quality."
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