La Cimbali’s Elstree office have a Save the Children’s Christmas Jumper Day
Pullover Pandemonium!
This year Friday 12th December was Save the Children’s third Christmas Jumper Day, and thanks to fantastic support by people popping on their pullovers up and down the country – it was a record breaking year.
The concept is simple and easy for individuals and businesses to take part, as 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! But 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!”
For more information regarding the Save the Children charity please visit:
www.savethechildren.org.uk
