Over the last two weeks, over 200
Bloomberg staff took time out of their busy schedules to volunteer for ReachOut
as a part of Best of Bloomberg, the organisation’s internal charitable drive
which offers employees opportunities to make an impact on their local
communities through volunteering in the run up to Christmas.
At six different events, teams of
staff rallied together to make Christmas cards and presents for the young
people on the ReachOut Club in London. Donning fancy dress and with festive
music playing in the background, staff got stuck in and made some cracking
items for ReachOut young people.
There were Christmas cards with
3D snowmen that popped out as you opened them and bundles of sweets that were
cleverly wrapped up to resemble Christmas crackers, neatly pinched and tied at
each end with ribbon.
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| Mentees on the ReachOut Club receive cards |
At times, the making of the
Christmas packages resembled the production lines at Henry Ford’s car-making
factories! Different groups of staff were responsible for cutting paper and
ribbon, others for wrapping the sweets neatly in the packages, while others
were charged with finishing off the gifts by attaching a hand-written tag with
a festive message scribbled on the inside!
The items made by Bloomberg staff
were lovely gifts to reward our ReachOut Club young people with at their final
sessions before Christmas. What’s great about the ReachOut Club is that young
attendees feel that they belong there; it is their club where they can enjoy
spending time with their mentors and each other. By being able to give the
young people Bloomberg’s homemade cards and presents at Christmas time, we were
able to really bring out this sense of belonging and give our young people one
last thing to smile about at ReachOut before the Christmas break.
So, all that’s left for us to say
is thank you very much, Bloomberg!
Merry Christmas.
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