I’ve said it before but I’ll happily say it
again, it’s been so touching the way that supermarket retailer Tesco has taken on Diabetes UK as
their charity partner. But not only that, the way that the Tesco staff have
really gotten behind the spirit of fundraising for the charity, and raising
awareness about diabetes. This weekend was no exception!
I’d seen the advertisement for Tour de
Tesco on Facebook from a Diabetes UK post last week, and it just so happens
that I needed to do some food shopping too. So we headed down to our local
Tesco Extra to show our support this weekend, where we were met in the doorway by a French
looking man on a static bicycle. I’m not sure what time he’d started, but he was
cycling with all of the enthusiasm of a man on a fundraising mission! He was also
surrounded by other staff dressed up in ‘French’ costume, who were collecting spare change for the great cause. The idea of the event was for Tesco staff,
dressed up in berets and on occasion French moustaches, to take it in turns to
cycle from Britain to Paris. Taking it in turns to cover the mileage on a
static exercise bike.
After making my donation and having a chat with
the fundraisers, I made my way into the rest of the store to do my shopping. Everywhere
we went there were men and women of all ages working for Tesco, sporting this
season’s must have accessory- the Diabetes UK smurf hat, with the troll-like blue
hair. There were so many people wearing them that as I mentioned, it was easy to see how many Tesco staff had adopted the challenge of raising money for
the charity. There seemed to be plenty of enthusiastic shoppers making
donations too. So fingers crossed all of that energy was put to good use for
Diabetes UK and reaching their fundraising total!
Don’t forget that if you missed the Tour de
Tesco this weekend, the charity collection boxes are usually out on the Tesco
till points at your local store!
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