Generous companies have won the chance to be official sponsors on marathon girl Sue’s running vest after stumping up for Hope House Children’s Hospices.
The highly sought after spots on the back of Sue’s top for the Virgin London Marathon 2011 were put up for auction with the highest sponsorship pledges winning the spots. And our friends didn’t let us down.
In tied first place, both bidding an incredible £500, were two of our top affiliates; TravelPixel.net - which offers select discount codes and travel deals from 100s of travel websites - and TopCashBack.co.uk - the UK’s most generous cashback site. Lemon Press the Redditch-based commercial printer took the third space with £225.
In total the running vest sponsorship raised £1225 pushing our current total over £2,000 and well on the way towards the £10,000 target for Hope House which will also have a logo on the vest.
Sue, who is now busily in training, said:
I really can’t thank the people from these companies enough. The sponsorship money pledged by TravelPixel, TopCashBack and Lemon Press has really given us a push towards our target and will make a massive difference for Hope House Children’s Hospices. I’ll be proud to represent these companies as well as Hope House and Virgin Unite on the big day!
To top-off a fantastic week of fundraising Miles Lovegrove, director of our merchandise supplier Fluid Branding, personally pledged to sponsor Sue for £500 and affiliate cashback site Quidco also pledged to show their support. Thanks so much!
Follow Sue’s progress on her Marathon Girl blog or sponsor her on her Virgin Money Giving Page.
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