Monday, 21 September 2009

Mercedes-Benz of Bristol staff no pushover

Employees from Mercedes-Benz and smart of Bristol gave new meaning to the term ‘fund-raising push’ when they put their backs into a stamina-sapping charity challenge.

Seven teams of staff shoved a 1,050kg smart car around a 0.1 mile course at the Cribbs Causeway site – their efforts raising hundreds of pounds for the Rainbow Trust children’s charity.

Each team was given half-an-hour to clock up as many laps as they could, with the winners pushing their fitness to the limits by notching an impressive 14 laps. Across the whole team of staff, an impressive 79 laps were completed.

Mercedes-Benz of Bristol’s donation to the Rainbow Trust, which provides practical and emotional support to families who have a child with a life threatening or terminal illness, was further boosted by the culinary delights of the retailer’s management team. They cooked lunch and then sold it to their colleagues, who also swapped their usual work attire for denim for the day in return for another small donation to the charity.

“It was a fun and rewarding day’s activity which, as well as raising money for a very worthy cause, was fantastic from a team-building point of view as each team was drawn from different departments,” said Paul Sperring, Mercedes-Benz of Bristol’s Dealer Principal. “Despite a few aches and pains, everyone involved thoroughly enjoyed the event.”