Cookes celebrates 70th birthday at Great Midlands Fun Run

Cookes Furniture is celebrating the success of the 14th annual Great Midlands Fun Run. As part of the stores platinum anniversary a team of 70 runners representing, 70 years of Cookes, crossed the finish line on Sunday.

The Midlands-based store, which has been the main sponsor the popular 8.5 mile fun run since it began in 2003, has helped to raise more than £2.5 million over the years.  

The team, which included 14 children, 4 buggies and Kobe the Hungarian Vizsla, joined 7,000 other runners to take in the sights of Sutton Coldfield at the much loved, annual event.

Vanessa Hoe, marketing director at Cookes, said: “It was such a fun- filled day as always, but this year was even more memorable, as we celebrated 70 years of being part of the local community too. The support from all of our staff, family and friends was overwhelming. There was a real community spirit, the atmosphere was electric. We can’t wait to find out what our final fundraising figure is, so fingers crossed we beat last year’s amount raised. We are so pleased the event was an enormous success and want to thank everyone who came along and supported us across the finish line.”

Now in its 14th year, the Great Midlands Fun Run raised a grand total of £347,024 for charities across Birmingham and Sutton Coldfield last year. This year’s final fundraising total will be announced at a prestigious ceremony in November.

 

9th June 2016

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