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UAE. With just weeks to go before “˜Miles for Smiles’- the fund-rasing run and walk being held in aid of cleft charity The Smile Train – an amazing US$100,000 has already been raised by the 50-plus industry participants.
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Organisers Mandy Shine (The Moodie Report) and Rowena Holland (Essential Communications) announced today that Bahrain Duty Free has agreed to become Platinum Sponsor for the event. Salter Scales will be the Gold Sponsor and Zero Group is co-sponsoring the post-run party.
The event, being held at the Jumeirah Beach Hotel on 22 November, will commence at 8am, with the organisers promising “plenty of treats and energy boosters onsite to keep everyone motivated and moving”.
They added: “Hugo Boss will be providing caps to keep the sun at bay, while Puma is donating polo shirts that participants can either run in or change into afterwards. Clarins is sponsoring us with sun protection products and MCM is donating the bags to put everything in.”
Mars, through its local office GFT, will ensure everyone gets an energy boost with Snickers, Skittles and M&M’s, and further confectionery treats are being provided by Van Melle.
Prize-giving will take place at a post-run party being hosted by John Sime and Mandy Shine with medals generously donated by Ray and Christine Martin of TRT. Wine [after the run -Ed] is being provided by Jacobs Creek, and Uluvka vodka martinis will be on hand for those needing something stronger [possibly during the run -Ed].
During the evening runners will have the chance to win some fabulous prizes including two Virgin business class tickets plus a two-night stay at the Hudson Hotel in Manhattan, donated by Max Williams of Ultra Marine. Prizes have also been donated by The Brand Distillery (Uluvka), Godiva, Jacky’s Gulf and Timex.
Runners have been training with the help of Puma Cardiac watches provided by Scorpio Distributors and, though there have been reports of minor strains and injuries (read the Running for Smiles Blog), the organisers are still confident of a full contingent of 50 on the day.
If you would like to donate to the event, rather than sponsoring an individual, please go to www.justgiving.com/smiletrainrun. To sponsor individual runners, simply add their name at the end of the following specific url: www.JustGiving.com/
For information on sponsorship, raffle prizes, goodie bags etc, contact Mandy Shine: mandy.shine@the moodiereport.com
tel: + 971 4 394 3293, mobile: +971 504 585 068.
Runners (and walkers) registered for Miles for Smiles:
George and Carmel Horan, Breeda McLoughlin, Anne Smith, Sean Staunton, Sinead El Sibai, Salah Tahlek (Dubai Duty Free), John Sutcliffe and Michael Murphy (ARIME), Karl Sutcliffe (Muscat Duty Free), John Sime, Katrina Cooper, Ann Power, Elizabeth Dales, Sharon Thorpe, Helen Roxburgh (Emirates Airline), Brian King (Jashanmal), James McLean (ADDF), David Bevan (Pioneer Int), Carole McManamon (Virgin Atlantic) Stuart McGuire, Alan T. Edwards (Scorpio Distributors), Olivier Bottrie, Jean-Charles Séité (Estée Lauder), Jonathan Holland (Jonathan Holland Associates), Toni Hager (Marc O’Polo), Alan Brennan and Nicholas Pilott (Nestlé ITR), Gerry Murray and Ramon Iglesias (Godiva), Garry Maxwell (Premier Portfolio), Richard Thorpe (CAT Design/Zero), Nadine Heubel (Gebr Heinemann), Martin Moodie and Mandy Shine (The Moodie Report), James Kfouri (Patons), Martine Larroque, (Maui Jim), Patrick Dorais (Van Melle), Max Williams and Angie Mullen (Ultra Marine), Diana Albiol (Diana Albiol Media Relations), Dan and Mona Kongsted ( Valora), Mark Holmes (The Brand Distillery – Uluvka), Giles Naour and Pascal Blot (L’Oreal Travel Retail); Marek Kolasinski (Frontier), Rowena Holland (Essential Communications), Phil Burdekin (Flight Centre), Claire Iredale (French & Lawless), Jilly and Jessica Brain (Jakk), Gautham Raghani (Jacky’s Gulf), Art Miller (Revlon) and Martyn Westbury (Mars).
About The Smile Train
The Smile Train is dedicated to helping the millions of children in the world with cleft lips and palates by providing free surgery, free training for doctors and research to find a cure. Since 1999, they have provided free cleft surgery for more than 210,000 children who could not afford it and have supported hundreds of cleft treatments, training and research programs in more than 64 countries. The average cost of surgery provided by The Smile Train is US$250. Visit www.smiletrain.org for more information.
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