Viral Wonka Experience Backdrop Sold to Benefit Palestine Aid

Glasgow record store Monorail Music raised £2,250 (about $2,862) for the London-based charity Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) by auctioning discarded backdrops from the viral Willy's Chocolate Experience event. The auction ran for a week, drew 57 bids and closed on March 14, with the winner paying over £2,000. MAP's Chief Executive Officer Melanie Ward thanked the shop on X, and the article notes that MAP provides medical services in the Occupied West Bank, Gaza, and Lebanon. Earlier, Box Hub had sold the "Event Cancelled" sign on eBay for the Glasgow Children's Hospital Charity for £840 (about $1,069).