Hi all - Sarah here!
For those that don't know, I work in Boots over in Telford as Stores Administrator (basically that means I don't technically work for a store but I work for the area!) But over the last few days, both the store team where I'm based and my Area/Regional team have taken on our challenge to raise as much money and do as many miles as possible.
First up we had our Team Bones fundraising day on Saturday in store and teamed up with Nuffield Health Gym around the corner who leant us some exercise bikes for the day! We had a great day with cake sales, raffles, tombolas, goody bags you name it! The girls in store were incredible at organising the event and we've been excited about it for weeks.
(A huge thank you to the guys from Nuffield who came in and supported!)
I did nearly fall off my bike though when a lady came up to me and introduced herself - she said she was shocked to see the T-shirts as she knows herself how rare the cancer is after her daughter had Osteosarcoma 3 years ago! She's now 11 and doing well which I was so happy to hear - but considering how rare everyone says it is, I was floored to meet someone on the day we were doing a fundraisisng event.. It makes you think, how many other people do you walk past in the street that may have been affected?
A HUGE thank you to everyone involved who help cycle 113 miles in around 6 hours and to each staff member and customer who donated to help us raise £173.47!
Next up today we've taken on the challenge with the Regional Team at Boots to climb the height of the Eiffel Tower not once, but TWICE at a Wall Climbing Centre!
It was definitely a challenge but was really great fun and it was safe to say the competitive side of the managers was certainly out on show!
One of the best things was that we were in charge of each other's ropes and it was us who had to ensure we didn't fall... all adds to the fun that's for sure!
We're hoping to have a sponsorship total from all of our stores by the end of the week so we'll know exactly how much we've raised hopefully in a few days - but we've kicked started it already by selling over £30 of raffle tickets! We even managed to rattle up another 9 and half miles on an exercise bike at the same time!
Thank you to everyone in Boots who's been involved in everything we've done so far both on Saturday at the Fundraising today and today at our Wall Climb! Every penny and every mile is so very much appreciated and I look forward to seeing what crazy plans we cook up next!
For anyone who would like to sponsor or or donate, you can head over to our JustGiving page HERE or text LCSJ94 £1/2/3/5/10/etc to 70070! :)
Next up today we've taken on the challenge with the Regional Team at Boots to climb the height of the Eiffel Tower not once, but TWICE at a Wall Climbing Centre!
It was definitely a challenge but was really great fun and it was safe to say the competitive side of the managers was certainly out on show!
One of the best things was that we were in charge of each other's ropes and it was us who had to ensure we didn't fall... all adds to the fun that's for sure!
We're hoping to have a sponsorship total from all of our stores by the end of the week so we'll know exactly how much we've raised hopefully in a few days - but we've kicked started it already by selling over £30 of raffle tickets! We even managed to rattle up another 9 and half miles on an exercise bike at the same time!
Thank you to everyone in Boots who's been involved in everything we've done so far both on Saturday at the Fundraising today and today at our Wall Climb! Every penny and every mile is so very much appreciated and I look forward to seeing what crazy plans we cook up next!
For anyone who would like to sponsor or or donate, you can head over to our JustGiving page HERE or text LCSJ94 £1/2/3/5/10/etc to 70070! :)
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