O2 Blue Day

Date : 16th June 2010

Venue : O2 Preston Brook

The Event : On Wednesday 16th June, O2 Call Centre and Staff in Preston Brook held a 'Blue Day' in support of Men's Health Week, with all proceeds going directly to Clatterbridge Centre of Oncology.

The MGF team turned out in full force to join Mark's ex colleagues in their efforts to raise awarness of TC and also raise much needed funds for CCO.

Penalty Shoot Out: A challenging, but fun game. The top players each took home a Sony Ericsson World Cup Football.

The top 5 goal scorers were Anthony Ofoegbu, Adam McCone, Ian Strachan, Matty Hassey and Matt Kiveal-Duffy.

Raffle: Gareth and the MGF team drew out the winners for the raffle. Here's who won what:

Signed Framed O2 England Shirt - Julie Dickenson

Signed Rockwell Poster - Alan Jenkins

4 passes for LA Bowl - Alan Peer

2 tickets for Gullivers World - Gary Barnes

MGF Cake - Deb Sweeney

4 O2 Lunch bag winners - Hannah Kelly, Alexandra Evans, Dan Williams & Stuart Coombes

Fancy Dress: A big thank you to Yasmeen Johnston and Laura Burke who made a tremendous effort dressing up as blue Smurfs! Laura Burke took home a Samsung Omnia, and we treated Yasmeen to a fabulous bottle of plonk!

Laura also donated two of the raffle prizes, made over 80 cakes and came in on her day off to help sell them - well done Laura!

Presentation: We used Blue Day as an opportunity to pay tribute to our much missed friend and colleague Mark Gorry. Gareth invited Kevin Lloyd to join him (and the Smurfs) in revealing the wall plaque in the street.

Amount raised for MGF : £1,411

Kevin, who was Mark's manager when Mark moved to Technology, spoke about Mark's enthusiasm and determination to do well and how the good work The Mark Gorry Foundation is helping to keep young men alive. Finally, Gareth presented Leah Gorry and The MGF Team with a cheque for £1,143. This money was from the site traders we had in Preston Brook in December.