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Supporters 'Wear Red' and raise money for disaster relief
02 March 2010
On Friday 12 February, hundreds of supporters participated in RedR’s flagship fundraising campaign, wearing red clothing and organising events to raise over £18,000 for RedR’s work around the world.
An even greater number of companies and individuals took part than ever before, with this year’s ‘Wear Red for RedR’ event involving over 100 offices and 30 different organisations. Companies from Singapore to Seattle, from Glasgow to Madrid, Quebec to Doha, organised a range of activities included pub quizzes, football tournaments, pot luck dinners, cake sales, evening drinks events and raffles. Arup in Quebec took their inspiration from the Winter Olympics and even organised a curling tournament! With donations still flooding in, the charity looks set to beat the previous year’s impressive total of £20,000.
News of the recent earthquake in Chile only a month after the island of Haiti was devastated by another powerful earthquake, demonstrates the ever-growing need for well-trained, experienced people who are available to respond to such emergencies.
Chris Ball, a Graduate Engineer from new RedR Patron, Tony Gee took part in the campaign; “The offices of Tony Gee and Partners were a sea of red on the 12 February, as our staff showed their support for RedR. In the head office in Esher a bake sale was held, with delicious cupcakes sporting the RedR logo on offer (although these didn’t last long!). Following on from our very successful RedR quiz night the previous month, Tony Gee has had a great start to our fundraising for RedR in 2010 and we look forward to beating last years total.”
Other companies included Arup, ACE, Atkins, Bechtel, Black & Veatch, BAM Nuttall, Buro Happold, Capita Symonds, CH2M Hill, Cundall, Faber Maunsell, Golley Slater, Lincolnshire City Council, Millard Consulting, Mott MacDonald, MWH, Parsons Brinckerhoff, Royal Academy of Engineering, Royal Haskoning, Scott Wilson, Sinclair Knight Merz, Techniker, The Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Waterman Group, WSP and XLN.
Vital funds for programmes around the world
In addition to its training programmes in Sudan and Sri Lanka, RedR has recently set up a training programme in Haiti to provide support and skills to aid workers responding to the earthquake there. All money raised from ‘Wear Red for RedR’ will go towards RedR’s work training, supplying and supporting aid workers wherever disasters occur.
RedR’s Fundraising & Communications Director, Anne Durrant, comments; “We are really grateful to all the organisations and individuals who showed their support and raised money for ‘Wear Red for RedR’. Such events are vital in enabling us to continue with our work and help spread the message about who we are and the important role we play in disaster relief.”
For more information about other fundraising activities throughout the year or about becoming a RedR Patron, please email our fundraising team or call +44 (0) 20 7840 6000.
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Photos:
1.Team from Arup in Quebec
2.Chris Ball, Catherine Hives and Nigel Yarwood from Tony Gee
View RedR Member and Shelter Expert Joseph Ashmore speaking on Channel 4 News about the Haiti quake.
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