The ‘eg pink panthers’ consist of Mark Cooper, Jonathan Hayward and John Moss, all members of the Operations Management software team at eg solutions plc (eg). They successfully completed the Olympic Team Relay event of the London Triathlon on Saturday 7 August 2010 to raise money for the Company’s chosen charity, Doornkop Needy Children Centre (DNCC).The team of 3 (pictured below) completed the race in a fantastic time of 03:30:18. Jonathan Hayward completed the 1 mile swim in 31:33, Mark Cooper completed the 40km cycle in 01:23:17 and John Moss completed the 10km run in 01:27:28.
So far we have raised £710 for the Doornkop Needy Children’s Centre which is a fantastic achievement! If you have sponsored the team please send your pledges in as soon as possible.
Mark, John and Jonathan would like to thank everyone who has made a donation so far!… and of course, if you’d still like to make a donation the lines are still open to make a pledge at www.doornkop.co.uk.
The money raised is vital for the future of the children and their survival and eg are proud to have sponsored the team. It costs approximately £40.00 per child per year to supply daily food supplies of e-pap to keep the children strong and healthy – that’s less than £3.50 per month. Around £125 can provide one child’s food, clothing and school fees for a year.
The aim of the Doornkop Needy Children Centre (DNCC) is to provide shelter, clothing, education and love to those orphans and destitute children from the age of 0 – 5 years.
The Centre, situated in Snakepark, a poverty-stricken area of Soweto, was started in August 2002 by two concerned mothers who were aware of the fact that many children – some abused, some abandoned, but most just plain poor – desperately needed some sort of crèche facility and care. They approached the community, secured permission to use a church gathering point and now look after 160 children.
