Raft Race 2008
On the 7
th September we held a charity raft race in the
second basin at Chatham Maritime. The event was organised with the
help of the Arethusa Venture Centre who also took part in the nine
raft races. Teams of seven took part in five heats where they were
required to race to the other side of the basin and back. The day
raised £5000 for Macmillan Cancer Care the charity that mhs homes
staff have voted for the 2008.
mhs homes Property Services Department invited
business contacts and partners to enter teams of 7 to demonstrate
their construction skills to Build a
Raft, and then show seamanship and stamina by
Racing it in basin 2 at Chatham
Maritime. One member of the team had to BE FEMALE and part of
the crew; another had to be a SEATED PASSIVE PASSENGER dressed in a
costume. Each team raise £600 in sponsorship and made their own
raft .
The top three teams were
1st - Kent Flooring
(Ding Dong Gone Wrong)
(4 women and 3 men)
2nd mhs homes (The
Magnificent Seven)
(4 men and 3 women)
3rd Kent Police (Hot
Fuzz)
(5 men and two women)
Other prizes were won for
The ‘Best Team Name’ which was sponsored by
Sandells Maintenance was won by Swale Heating – Jolly
Plungers
The ‘Best Looking Raft’ which was sponsored by
Edmundson Electrical was won by Elite Heating.
The ‘Best Dressed Passenger’ sponsored by
Capital Drainage was won by the team called Jungle Book –
Elite Heating
The ‘Most Robust Raft’ sponsored by mhs homes
was won by ‘Hot Fuzz’ Kent Police
The ‘Most Unusual Raft’ was won by a team
called ‘Lost’ – Navigator Productions.
Beryl Dunn, mhs homes Co-ordinator of the
event said, “ The day was great fun for the people from the
companies we work with and made a good day out for all the family.
In addition we raised a large amount of money for an exceptionally
worthy cause.”
Macmillan Cancer Support is working with the
Medway NHS Trust to build a new Macmillan Cancer Care Unit for
local people at Medway Maritime Hospital. It will mean that
cancer patients can receive chemotherapy in their local hospital
and existing haematology patients will be cared for in a bright,
purpose built ward.
To achieve this, Macmillan Cancer Support needs to raise over £1
million by 2009, to add to the £3 million that is already being
invested by the Medway NHS trust.
For
more pictures of the Raft Race 2008 click here.