Staff and children at a city school have donated cash to charity in memory of their former caretaker.
The widow of popular Gerry Martin, who died less than three years after retiring, was invited back to the school to hand over the money in his memory.
Mr Martin retired after two decades at Taylor Road Primary School, Leicester.
The 63-year-old's retirement coincided with Taylor Road's original school building being demolished as it moved into a new £12 million home.
Mr Martin, of Barclay Street, Leicester, contracted cancer of the oesophagus in February last year and died in July.
Teachers and governors decided to raise cash for Loros, where he was looked after.
His widow, Sheila, 67 and daughter Tracy Toon and three-month-old grandson Ryley attended the school's harvest festival assembly. Mrs Martin said her husband went back to the school to work part-time after he retired.
The harvest festival assembly was a fitting occasion because Mr Martin "loved his allotment".
She said: "It was lovely. It was a bit emotional as well.
"There were pictures of Gerry everywhere, including on a large screen behind us.
"There are 700 children in that school and they were coming up to say hello to me.
"t's more like a family, a lot of the teachers phone me up and one comes to see me."
Loros fund-raiser Nancy Taylor collected a £200 cheque on behalf of the hospice.
She said: "It was a lovely morning in memory of a lovely guy."
