Pictured: Community fundraising manager for Midlands Air
Ambulance Maria Jones (in red) with, from left, Lynsey Kilvert,
Clare Pitchford, Sophie Davies and Alison Thornton (all from
Martin-Kaye LLP Solicitors)
Staff from a Telford law firm have Christmas all wrapped up when
it comes to raising cash for charity.
Members of the Personal Injury Team from Martin-Kaye LLP
Solicitors, in Euston Way, volunteered to help on the Christmas
gift wrapping stand in Telford Shopping Centre.
They wrapped Christmas presents for members of the public for a
minimum donation of £1, and the money raised went to the
Midlands Air Ambulance.
Sophie Davies, from the Martin-Kaye team, said: "Midlands Air
Ambulance staff, fundraisers and various local volunteers manned
the stand for a week to raise vital charity cash.
"And we decided to volunteer our time for a day to help them
boost their total - it turned out to be a very busy session for
Santa's newest little helpers!"
The gift wrapping stand is opposite Debenhams in the town
centre, and is supporting several different charities in the run-up
to Christmas.
Martin-Kaye LLP Solicitors senior partner, Graham Davies, said:
"We're very pleased our Personal Injury team decided to support
such a worthy cause, and it's just one of several charities that
our employees are backing this year."
The Midlands Air Ambulance is the only charity responsible for
funding and operating three air ambulances serving Shropshire,
Staffordshire, Herefordshire, Gloucestershire, Worcestershire, and
the West Midlands.
Since 1991, the charity has responded to more than 34,000
missions averaging 3,000 per year or nearly ten each day, making it
one of the longest-established and busiest air ambulance
organisations in the UK.
Maria Jones, for the Midlands Air Ambulance, said: "We're always
very grateful to all the volunteers who support our charity, and it
was great to work with the Martin-Kaye team on the gift wrapping
service.
"Our charity works very hard to continuously raise vital funds
to keep the air ambulance service in the skies, and our Christmas
wrapping service has proved to be an extremely popular initiative
that's been very successful."
To find out more visit www.midlandsairambulance.com
For more information on Martin-Kaye Solicitors visit their
website here: www.martinkaye.co.uk