29th June 2009
Pasty-Powered Team Raise Over £500 For Cancer Charities On Night Walk.
A pasty-powered team from Crantock Bakery has raised over £500 for two cancer charities on a moonlit night walk.
The four ladies took just under three hours to complete the 11 mile “Midsummer Madness” walk from Padstow to Wadebridge and back along the Camel Trail on Saturday 27th June.
“It was a beautiful evening to be out, absolutely gorgeous,” said Catherine Webster from Troon, who works as Crantock Bakery’s Marketing Manager.
“The walk went very well. We had a new moon so there was a little bit of moonlight coming off the water, and it looked lovely along the estuary. We finished just after midnight - it took us two and three-quarter hours there and back - and we’re all really pleased that we managed to raise such a good amount for the two charities.”
Joining Catherine on the walk were Katie Nicholson from near Bugle, Rachel Yelland from Roche and Louise May from Liskeard - all of whom work at the bakery near Indian Queens.
The team raised over £500 for the charities through a combination of sponsorship pledges from friends, family and colleagues, and donations collected while taking part on the walk. Donations can still be made by visiting the company’s page on the Just Giving website at: www.justgiving.com/crantockbakery
Over 160 people took part in the event which raised over £20,000 for Macmillan Cancer Support and Marie Curie Cancer Care.
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| L to R:Crantock Bakery employees Louise May, Catherine Webster, Rachel Yelland and Katie Nicholson taking part in the Midsummer Madness walk on the Camel Trail on Saturday 27th June. The team raised over £500 for Marie Curie Cancer Care and Macmillan Cancer Research. |
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Notes to Editors
Crantock Bakery is an award-winning manufacturer of Cornish pasties and bake-off products. Founded in 1981, the company employs over 150 people at their purpose-built bakery near Newquay in Cornwall. Following a multi-million programme of investment the 27,000 sq ft premises last year produced over 19 million pasties - all hand-crimped in the traditional Cornish way.
The continually-expanding product range includes sausage rolls, hand-raised pies, scones and 30 different pasties. The company is highly adept at developing bespoke products for their customers, who range from independent bakers to foodservice suppliers and supermarkets throughout the UK and Europe.
Crantock Bakery is the 2008 British Bakery Manufacturer of the Year.
Media Contact - PR on behalf of Crantock Bakery.
Jim Michell at Barefoot Media.
Telephone: +44 (0)1208 895089
Email: jim@barefootmedia.co.uk |
