World Record for Highest Ever Bingo Game
25 Gala Bingo employees have just set a new world record for the highest ever played bingo game. This was achieved by them climbing to an altitude of 17,500ft up the world’s tallest mountain – Mount Everest.
Gala Bingo with the help of their staff and customers have been on a massive fund raising mission, where it has been their aim to raise over £1 million pounds for their chosen charity Sue Ryder Care. This latest endeavour not only smashed through the target figure of raising £100,000 towards the charity pot for Sue Ryder Care, but they also made a new world record in the process.
Ross O’ Shaughnessy was one f the Gala Bingo trekkers, speaking about the bingo fundraising event on Mount Everest, he said -
“It’s simply unbelievable to have been part of a world record setting team. Despite all the hardships we endured on the way to Everest base camp, the trek was a once in a lifetime challenge and it’s great to finally be able to say that I’ve trekked to the top of the world, set a new record for Britain’s favourite game and helped raise over £100,000 for Sue Ryder Care. The other trekkers at base camp simply couldn’t believe it when we started pulling out the calling cards, dabbers and bingo balls at 17,500ft for the record attempt – I’m sure they thought we had altitude sickness! But the support, camaraderie and cheers that erupted across base camp when we broke the record is a moment that I will never forget. I hope we did the world of bingo proud.”
Speaking on behalf of Sue Ryder Care, Chief Executive Paul Woodward, said: “On behalf of everyone at Sue Ryder Care I want to say a massive thank you and congratulations to the Gala Coral Everest Base Camp Trekkers. This is a truly fantastic endeavour– firstly in completing the trek but also in the tremendous amount of money that has been raised. This money will go a long way in supporting our work in caring for people living with conditions including Cancer, Stroke, Multiple Sclerosis and Brain injury”.
When Gala Bingo put their mind to it, they always seem to do it well and this has been reiterated in a number of their charity raising campaigns throughout 2009, including the very successful Mrs Obama Bingo push.
Even though economic times are tough, Gala Bingo have not wavered in their plight to raise money for a very worthwhile charity indeed.
