Because it's almost Christmas, La Cimbali has jumped into
the Christmas Spirit of the season. What better way to celebrate the season
than to share the blessings with the community and then some.
Just last Friday, 12th December 2014, we celebrated the
third Save the Children's Christmas Jumper Day. We are happy to report that it was a record-breaking year
thanks to the overwhelming support of the people who popped on their pullovers
up and down the country.
The concept is
simple: individuals and businesses to take part, all that is needed is to wear
a Christmassy woolly jumper and donate some money to the very worthy
cause.
This year the UK
government also revealed that they would double the money by matching every
pound donated. All money raised will go
towards helping save children’s
lives worldwide, including those affected by Typhoon Haiyan in The Philippines,
and just £2 could pay for
potentially life-saving antibiotics to treat three babies with infections.
A couple of months
ago, La Cimbali’s
London Regional Service Coordinator Kate Burford decided to get the Elstree
office in the Christmas spirt and help with this very good cause.
Kate says “I asked everyone
who was working on Friday 12th to put on their favourite Christmas
jumper and bring in £1
or more if they wished. To make it more
fun and raise even more money, we also decided to run a competition in the form
of a sweepstake to ‘guess
the picture on the jumper’"
So the day finally
arrived and after constant badgering, Kate managed to get an amazing 30 people
from the office to take part! Kate’s enthusiasm paid off as the office raised £40 for the Save the
Children charity which was impressive as the office is fairly small.
Kate summed up the
day; “It was very festive
with everyone getting involved creating a relaxed atmosphere but also a
productive day at work. There was
Christmas music playing all day long and even Christmas croissants for
breakfast too! We had all sorts of
jumpers being worn, from a Christmas Minion through to a reindeer that lit
up! The big reveal took place at 3pm – and Contract and
Invoicing Administrator, Chelsea Ryder was the lucky winner of the ‘guess the picture
on the jumper’ competition,
receiving £30. The day was really successful and we are
looking forward to doing it all again next year!”
Truly,
what better way to celebrate Christmas then having fun with friends while
helping others as well!
For more
information regarding the Save the Children charity please visit:
www.savethechildren.org.uk
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