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The Blue Bay Travel team in their PJs

Well, thanks to some tremendous generosity we managed to almost double our target and raise an incredible £901.06 for Red Nose Day! So a massive thank you goes out to everyone who kindly donated, everyone involved in the fund raising at Blue Bay Travel, to Leighton for selflessly donating his fantastic sweet hamper for us to raffle off, to Thom and Pete for giving up their hair to the cause and finally to Stuart and Angela who have generously doubled the total that we raised in house! (Gosh, I sound like I’ve won an Oscar…)

Anyway, back to the events… Friday kicked off with everyone at Blue Bay coming to work in our pyjamas, which I must say felt surprisingly right. The evening’s events began with a few nibbles and beverages during which Thom revealed his freshly shaven noggin! Coming to work this morning I did half expect him to have glued all of his hair back on… but hey, all in the name of charity! Leighton also pulled out his party piece and dressed up as a baby!

Our quiz followed, which was organised and hosted by our own Gemma, Naomi, Denise & Nicola. You know how quizzes work… it involved various rounds of trivia and a special round aptly named ‘What’s in the Box?’ where a poor soul from each team had to delve deep into a mystery box and name the squishy item. The lucky winners received a bottle of bubbly each.

We then moved on to waxing poor Pete’s legs and after a bit of pain & face-pulling, we quite rightly ended the evening in the local pub, attempting to numb Pete’s troubles.

All in all we had a great laugh whilst raising loads of cash for a great cause, I’d call that a successful event!

If you’d like to check out our photos from the evening we’ve uploaded them to our Facebook page for all the world to enjoy.

I’ll finish off by announcing the lucky winner of a £100 Love2Shop voucher. Everyone who kindly donated was entered into our prize draw… and the winner is (drumroll please)… Christoper Cooke! Congratulatons; your voucher is winging its way to you as I type!

See you all at the next fund raising event!

Just a quick update to let you all know how we’re getting on! Firstly I’d like to say a massive thank you to our very kind sponsors that have donated so far. In just one week we’ve already achieved 18% of our target, which is fantastic!

We’ve been racking our brains thinking of more ways that we can raise more money for Comic Relief and I’m pleased to announce that Peter, one of our Travel Advisors, has bravely volunteered to have his legs waxed!

If you would like to help you can donate by clicking the banner below and then clicking ‘sponsor me’. Don’t forget that everyone that donates via our Blue Bay Travel Red Nose Day Giving Page is automatically entered into a prize draw to be in with a chance of winning a £100 Love2shop Voucher!*

You can read the original blog here to find out what else we’re doing to help raise money for Red Nose Day.

*One entry per donation, qualifying entries must be received by midnight on 18.03.2011, terms and conditions apply.

Please support us in raising money for Comic Relief and help transform the lives of poor, vulnerable and disadvantaged people across the UK and Africa.

As well as helping to tackle important issues in Africa, Comic Relief cash also helps thousands of disadvantaged people across the UK facing poverty and deprivation. In fact, wherever you live in the UK, you’re highly likely to be within 30 miles of a project that’s using your cash to change lives and transform communities.

All the staff at Blue Bay Travel will be taking part in various activities to help raise money, including a pyjama day, quiz and anything else we can come up with before the big day! Our very own Thom has also volunteered to let us shave off his lovely long locks if we exceed our target of £400! And as if that wasn’t enough, our Directors have kindly offered to match the total we raise in-house, so please dig deep and donate whatever you can to help!

Not only that, but if you donate via our Blue Bay Travel Red Nose Day Giving Page you will automatically be entered into a prize draw to be in with a chance of winning a £100 Love2shop Voucher!*

Click the banner below and click ‘sponsor me’ to donate now via our Blue Bay Travel Red Nose Day Giving Page.

Join us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter to keep track of how close we are to reaching our target and pop back after the 18th March to see photos of what we got up to on the big day!

*One entry per donation, qualifying entries must be received by midnight on 18.03.2011, terms and conditions apply.