How You Can Hug Andre Gomes - Jan 22nd at Goodison Park

How You Can Hug Andre Gomes!

Still wondering what to buy the Andre Gomes-loving Evertonian in your life this Christmas or looking for the perfect last-minute Secret Santa gift? Your search could now be over as fan favourite Andre Gomes is to host a ‘hug-a-thon’ in aid of Everton in the Community’s mental health fundraising campaign, The People’s Place.

The hug-a-thon will take place on Tuesday 22 January from 6.30pm at Goodison Park and will see Gomes on hand to provide hugs for those* who have fallen in love with the Everton midfielder since his arrival in August 2018.

Taking place a day after Blue Monday, calculated as the most depressing day of the day where people commonly feel most low after Christmas. It it is hoped that ‘The People’s Place hug-a-thon’ will help to boost those January blues as hugging has been proved to have many physiological benefits that will positively impact your health and mood.

Andre Gomes said: “The Everton family have made me feel welcome since the day I arrived, and I feel I have already built up a special relationship with the fans and the community. I have enjoyed finding out more about the fantastic work of Everton in the Community and this event will help us raise important funds for The People’s Place, a very important campaign that will help so many local people.”

A limited number of hug-a-thon tickets are available and priced at just £10 each with all proceeds helping the Club’s official charity reach its one-million-pound fundraising target to develop and build a purpose-built mental health facility in Liverpool 4 – called The People’s Place – offering help and support to anyone in need.

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