Write a commentMore than one hundred staff from the Autoline Insurance Group put their walking boots on at the weekend and joined with their friends to climb Slieve Donard for the first major event of the company's ‘£40K for 40 charities challenge’
To celebrate Autoline’s fortieth anniversary year charities were invited to apply to the fund which aims to support forty different charities across Northern Ireland in the forthcoming year.
Michael Blaney, Managing Director of Autoline Insurance Group said, “We are delighted to have had such a fantastic turnout of staff and supporters for today’s event. This is the first of our major fundraisers in our aim to reach our £40,000 target by the end of the year. We have had a number of smaller events to date and have a gala ball, golf classics and marathon relays amongst other events planned for the remainder of the year, so we are well on our way.
“There were a number of people who made this mountain climb happen who I and our organising team would like to thank. Life Adventures and their team of qualified mountain leaders, Hugh McCann’s Bar, Newcastle for the use of their premises for registration, Fresh Foods Centre, Castlewellan for kindly supplying food for the post climb BBQ, Harvest Juices, Camlough for water and Mickey Hughes for the bananas.
“We hope to have lots more support from local people and businesses in our quest to hit our fundraising target which will go directly to supporting many organisations that are doing vital work in our communities.”
For further information about Autoline’s fundraising events and activities check out their website www.autoline.co.uk
