Fargro workfoce vote to support local children's hospice charity, Chestnut Tree House, for the third year in a row.
Chestnut Tree House is an
Arundel-based children’s hospice caring for 300 children and young adults with
progressive life-shortening conditions, and providing care in the local
community. The charity’s goal is to provide the best quality of life for
children, young people and their families, and to offer practical, social and
spiritual support throughout each child’s life, however short it may be.
We have been supporting Chestnut Tree House with a number of fundraising activities for
the last two years, and have raised over £6,000 to date. This year, as in previous years, employees
were given the choice of three charities to vote for, and for the third year
running, Chestnut Tree House received the highest number of votes.
We are now looking forward to
undertaking a number of fundraising activities over the coming year in support
of this inspirational charity.
The team have already raised
significant funds for the charity by fielding a team of ten members of employees
for the Three Peaks Challenge, which alone raised £4,000 for Chestnut Tree
House. Particularly close to the hearts of all Fargro employees is the annual
Volunteer Day. This is when participating employees are given a day off work to
spend at Chestnut Tree House putting their horticultural expertise to great use
in the charity’s gardens, to ensure they provide a tranquil and uplifting
experience for the hospice’s patients and families.
Other activities have included a
Christmas raffle and participation in Christmas Jumper Day, along with more
unusual events such as the Monthly Flowers Initiative in which Fargro’s
customers donate their flowers, which are then purchased by Fargro employees, with
all proceeds going to the charity.
Richard Hopkins, Fargro Managing
Director says “We are delighted that our employees have once again chosen to
lend their support to Chestnut Tree House. The charity and its hardworking employees
and volunteers are an inspiration to us all, and highly deserving of any
support we can provide. We are very proud of our team, and the way in which it
has engaged with the Chestnut Tree House fundraising initiatives, especially
those who undertook the Three Peaks Challenge! We are very happy to continue
building our valued relationship with this charity..”
