Jeans for Genes Day, Friday 3rd October 2008

At last, a charity we don’t have to get hot and sweaty for! Well not on this occasion anyway.  Just leap out of bed and jump into our jeans (hopefully with a shower in-between!) and raise £5.00 for Jeans for Genes Day, so Kathryn and I were delighted to support Jeans for Genes day on Friday 3rd October 2008, even if there is just two of us in the office, as Tesco say “every little helps”.

Jeans for Genes day is an idea designed by the charity for children with genetic disorders http://www.jeansforgenes.com/, a very simple idea, to raise funds for a lovely charity, just convince your employer to allow employees to wear jeans at work on the allotted day, and everyone that does, donates an amount of the companies choice, usually between £2.00 -5.00 to charity. 

Kathryn and I were happy to donate £5.00 each and we have also been putting all our odd coppers into a collection box Jeans for Genes days sent us as part of their Jeans for Genes day fund raising pack.  This arrived a couple of months ago, but it would seem most retailers now round their prices up to pounds these days, so our box is still not very full yet.  We are not far off £5.00, so when we hit this mark I will donate five pounds on line at our just giving page and stagger off to the bank and make the cashiers day, with my £5.00 bag of 1 and 2 pence coins!

I thought I would post a little blog about this charity  http://abenefit2u.wordpress.com/ and Jeans for Genes day in case anyone reading has not heard of it and would also like to participate in the event and do the same in their office next year.  Just click on this link http://www.jeansforgenes.com/ and you will find out all the information you need. The charity also send a very helpful fund raising pack.

Thank you for ‘diving’ into our Just Giving Page, and if you would like to make a donation while you are here please accept our sincere gratitude and warm thanks on behalf of the supporting charity for children with genetic disorders and Abenefit2u Occupational Pension and Benefit Recruitment Consultancy.