Mesut Ozil, Alexis Sanchez and team-mates help raise £385,000 at Arsenal Foundation's annual charity ball

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Tom Dutton14 May 2016

Arsenal's first team helped raise more than £380,000 for The Arsenal Foundation at their annual charity ball this week.

Mesut Ozil, Alexis Sanchez and Hector Bellerin were among those who joined manager Arsene Wenger at the club's 'Night to Inspire' at Emirates Stadium, hosted by Gunners fan Dermot O'Leary.

Money raised will go towards the Foundation's two charities of choice: Save the Children and the Willow Foundation.

Several lots were put forward for auction, including a chair made out of signed Arsenal shirts which raised an incredible £8,000.

Arsenal chief executive Ivan Gazidis said: "I'm so proud of what this club does. We have this long presence in our local community and now as well as doing that and increasing the amount of work we do here in Islington, we're taking those programmes out all around the world.

"Displaced people's camps in Iraq, it's incredibly powerful; so many people at this club are involved in that and I'm proud of them all."

Check out Arsenal Media's video of the evening at the top of the article.

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