A team from Boston Limited put their business skills to good use by winning The Children’s Centre’s Fifty Quid Think Big Challenge. In the process the winners raised ?1,375.34 for the charity by holding cake sales, selling breakfast baps, holding collections and organising a pub quiz. The team also set up an in-house tuck shop and held a competition to guess the number of sweets the team sold, as well as organising dress down days and a raffle. This was the third year that The Children’s Centre has organised the Think Big Challenge which involves corporate teams or individuals being given ?50 ‘seed money’ and then asking them to ‘grow’ this money - in any way that is legal and ethical - over a six-week period. Paragon Recruitment again generously supported the Challenge by providing the seed money to start off the fundraisers. All proceeds raised from the event go to support The Children’s Centre’s charitable projects including Out2Play, Mobex, Child Contact Centre and Philip Christian Centre.
Mark Eastham, Fundraising Co-ordinator at The Children’s Centre, said:
“We’re extremely grateful to the team from Boston Limited who put in a lot of hard work to raise a magnificent total. Thanks also must go to Paragon Recruitment for their continued support for this fundraising event. In the past three years the Fifty Quid Think Big Challenge has raised over ?11,000 for The Children’s Centre’s charitable projects.”
Wendy Hughes, Accounts Manager at Boston Limited, said:
“I was delighted that the team’s hard work and innovative thinking was rewarded with winning the ?50 Think Big challenge and raising such a significant amount for The Children’s Centre. The team is extremely grateful for the support and donations that our colleagues, families and business contacts provided us over the six weeks.”
Photo - Holding the cheque from Boston Limited are Dean Helm, Think Big Challenge sponsors Paragon Recruitment, and Sophie Bollen, from Boston Limited. Also pictured are (left to right) Boston staff Wendy Hughes, Ashlee Parker, Jodie McFarlane, Frank Douthwaite, Nicholas Scarffe, and Sam Egan.
