Pictured above: Mike Herbert, regional director for St.
Modwen, presents Melanie Mills Head of Fundraising & PR for the
Donna Louise Trust with the cheque for £11,842.
St. Modwen's North Staffordshire office challenged employees and
business contacts to raise at least £10,000 in 2009 for the
Donna Louise Children's Hospice in Stoke on Trent by completing the
Three Peaks Challenge. They have significantly exceeded the target
with £11,842 raised to date.
A total of 28 intrepid adventurers from St. Modwen including
teams from The Trentham Estate, solicitors Wragge & Co,
consulting engineers Halcrow Yolles, Quantity Surveyors Prosurv
Consult and other friends and contacts endured extremes of weather
including heavy rain, gales, dense clouds and even snow, tackling
the three highest mountains in the UK - Ben Nevis (Scotland),
Scafell Pike (England) and Snowden (Wales) with the majority
completing the extreme challenge within 24 hours. That's
nearly 25 miles walking and 10,000 feet of climb, plus driving to
the three mountains in less than one day.
Speaking about the event Mike Herbert, regional director for St.
Modwen, who launched the challenge earlier this year, commented:
"Completing the Three Peaks Challenge was a real test of both
mental and physical agility but one which we were all determined to
complete in order to raise as much money as possible for the Donna
Louise Children's Hospice. It was fantastic to share the
challenge with colleagues and associates who we work with on a
regular basis and our successful working relationships certainly
helped us in motivating one another and finding the best routes up
and down each mountain. We are thrilled to have raised so
much money for the hospice and are already exploring new
fundraising challenges that we can undertake on behalf of the
charity next year."
Melanie Mills, Head of Fundraising & PR for the Donna Louise
Trust added: "We would like to say a massive thank you and well
done to everyone who took part in the Three Peaks Challenge. We are
delighted with the money that has been raised. We rely on the
generosity of the people of Staffordshire and South Cheshire to
raise the £2 million needed each year to provide respite and
end of life care for life threatened children. It costs around
£400 per day per child to receive much needed respite care
and the money raised by the St. Modwen teams will help us provide
around 28 days of care - it makes a huge difference!"