Coloplast Team Takes Santa Up Snowden!

July 29, 2013 - PRLog -- To raise funds for charity, 15 Peterborough-based members of staff at medical devices company Coloplast (www.coloplast.com) spent eight hours pushing, pulling and lifting their colleague Pep Merola up and down Snowdon in his wheelchair. That’s a feat in itself but when you bear in mind that they were dressed as Santa and his reindeer and that it was a blisteringly hot day, it’s a massive achievement.          

Their efforts raised almost £6,000 for the Back Up Trust, a charity that helps people following a spinal chord injury.

“We want to say a huge thank you to everyone that sponsored us, we smashed our original target and knowing we were raising so much money motivated us to keep moving,” said Vince Quarizzo, one of the people leading the charge.

“It was hard work, to put it mildly! The team was fantastic, everyone pulled together and supported each other and it made us all immensely proud to stand at the top of the mountain holding the Coloplast flag.

“The whole team deserves a pat on the back for their achievement but more so for the manner and spirit in which they achieved it. After eight hours of walking, lifting, pulling and pushing they were still smiling and singing. A truly incredible bunch of people.

“The individuals who took part came from different parts of the business and all had different skills and views. However, on the day they demonstrated every Coloplast value in abundance and pulled together as a team and achieved an astonishing feat. I am proud of every single member of our team, of how we looked after each other and cheered the other teams on, even when we were exhausted.”

The team – which consisted of Andrew Dawkes, Clare Kelly, David Litchfield, Debbie Field, Gemma Harper, Pep Merola, Jon Carr, Lee Buckingham-Simpson, Lucinda Hallam, Marina Martignetti, Peter Smith, Rachael Dawson, Robert Houlden, Sam Cox, Steven Robinett and Vince Quarizzo – would also like to thank RGK (www.rgklife.com) for loaning them an off-road wheelchair for the climb.

The Justgiving page set up for the team is still open and they would be very grateful for further donations. If you would like to donate please go to www.justgiving.com/Giuseppe-Merola.