Great Vending Get Together Ball

Great Vending Get Together Ball Nets £13,000 for EdUKaid

Great Vending Get Together Ball
Tim and Options Management MD Paul Ure

The Great Vending Get Together Ball has raised an incredible £13,000  in support of children’s charity, EdUKaid. The annual event, hosted by Tim and Sarah Varney from Revive Vending, was held at the exclusive Haven Hotel in Sandbanks.  This was the 8th charity ball and auction in support of EdUKaid, a small charity providing much needed education to young children in one of the poorest regions in Tanzania.

The Great Vending Get Together Ball began with a moving presentation by Revive Vending’s Managing Director and Chair of EdUKaid Tim Varney, depicting EdUKaid’s work in Tanzania. Tim was able to illustrate the incredible impact that vending industry people have achieved thanks to their generosity. Last year’s event alone funded a  brand new classroom.

After a lavish 3 course dinner, the Great Vending Get Together Ball continued with NIVO MD Graham Kingaby conducted a lively auction featuring items donated by Benders Paper Cups, Graddon Vending and Tower Leasing. Guests were invited to buy colourful balloons giving them the chance to win champagne or a souvenir from Tanzania. Inspired by Tim’s presentation, 3 companies pledged to sponsor pre-primary classes for the coming year providing nearly 500 children with an education. Tim was also presented with a cheque for £1,000 from NIVO and £1,300 from Automatic Vending Services – both companies have supported the charity for a number of years.

Great Vending Get Together Ball‘Once again, I’m overwhelmed by the generosity my colleagues in the industry have shown at the Great Vending Get Together Ball’, Tim said. ‘Year after year, they show incredible support for EdUKaid’s work, that’s changing the lives of some of the world’s most disadvantaged children. This charity is very close to my and Sarah’s hearts – we have seen for ourselves the incredible impact that EdUKaid achieve and the difference that the vending industry are achieving by supporting events like this one’. The fun filled evening concluded with a live band and – according to an eye-witness reporter who was under no duress at all – some ‘fabulous moves on the dance floor’.

In the 8 years since the annual Great Vending Get Together Ball began the vending industry has raised over £125,000 and a number of vending supporters have undertaken individual challenges in aid of the charity. This support has dramatically improving the lives of thousands of children in one of the most remote areas of Tanzania.

HEADS UP: Tickets are already in great demand for next year’s event, which will be held on Saturday 12th October 2019. For more information contact Sarah Varney on svarney1@me.com.

More on EdUKaid on PV, HERE

 

 

 

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