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For 2011 Agrovista have chosen Help for Heroes as our Charity of the Year. We will be holding various events throughout the year to raise money and will update this page as we go along! ******** Update********** Our Charity Cycling Event and Fun Day took place starting Wednesday 6th July with our Sherriff Amenity team travelling from our Lymm Depot to Huntingdon and camping along the way! Our Sherriff Amenity Team was Mark Pyrah, John Marland, Tito Arana, Rebecca Turner, Richard Wood, Neil Pullen and Mark Dunwoody in the support vehicle. The Agrovista Team - James MacWilliam, Simon Pretty, Hazel Stockdale Wright, Hank King(BASF)and Bill Lankford (Bayer) set off from Lichfield Rugby Club on Thursday evening, joining up with the Amenity Team in Huntingdon and then both teams ending their cycle ride on Saturday 9th July at St Johns College Sports Field in Cambridge where a celebration and Family Fun Day took place. A third team led by one of our glasshouse specialists Roger Beard and his teammates Franco Pullara, Joe Cuffaro and Robert Morreale also took on a 75 miles on the Saturday morning to join up with the teams in Cambridge. We also held a 6-a-side cricket tournament with Bayer, Dow and Agrovista providing teams. They were well fought matches with Bayer beating Dow in the first semi-final, taking the title in the final against Agrovista Team 1 who had earlier beaten Agrovista Team 2. If you would like to donate to our intrepid cycling team or the general Agrovista Help for Heroes charity fund please do so! Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving – they’ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they’ll send your money directly to the charity and make sure Gift Aid is reclaimed on every eligible donation by a UK taxpayer. So it’s the most efficient way to donate - I raise more, whilst saving time and cutting costs for the charity. Thank you from all at Agrovista for your support! Fundraising activity so far: As the first of Agrovista’s monthly fundraising activities throughout the year, a raffle was held on Friday 25th February. Prizes were donated from staff, local businesses and organisations, and included items such as 2 tickets for a t20 Cricket match at Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club, an overnight stay in a local Holiday Inn, Marks and Spencer vouchers, champagne, wine and chocolates. The raffle was very well supported by all staff including the field and depot staff up and down the country and the total amount raised was £356.00. The second fundraising activity for Agrovista this year was to take part in the Colossal Cake Sale! Several members of the Head Office volunteered to bake cakes, and the sale was held on Friday 25th March. The event was very well supported with all staff buying cakes to help raise money and we also had support from Enterprise Rent-a-Car who are tenants in our building. The event raised £88.10. We have also opened up a ‘Swap Shop’ for books at our head office.

Agrovista Help for Heroes Charity of the Year

Agrovista Help for Heroes Charity of the Year

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