Office 2 Office (London-Paris) for Acreditar Summer Camp

Ana Mascate will be participating and the funds raised with her participation are destined to finance the summer camps organized by Acreditar.

In a corporate environment were social participation is nurtured and sports practice encouraged, a group of 22 Genworth’s employees, from different countries, put themselves to the challenge of cycling 500km, during 5 days (between 6^th and 10^th June 2014), between Genworth’s London and Paris offices, destined to raise funds for several charities.

This is the second initiative of the event called “Office 2 Office", which started in 2013, when 5 Genworth’s employees from its Irish Office decided to start a cycling adventure between the offices in Shannon, Ireland and London, UK, aiming to raise funds to an Irish charity. The event and the cyclists success was so significantly that in 2014 the number of participants quadrupled.

From Portugal, Ana Mascate will be participating and the funds raised with her participation are destined to finance the summer camps organized by Acreditar – Associação dos Pais e Amigos de Crianças com Cancro (Believe – Association of Parents and Friends of Children with Cancer), having chosen this institution after considered investigation and knowing the amazing work that the institution carries on in such a positive way.

The Acreditar (Believe) Summer Camps allow not only for children with cancer deseases to enjoy outdoor activities, but also to offer their parents an opportunity to see them recover some normality into their lives by participating in such activities.

With the amount raised it will be possible to finance a summer camp for 6 children during 4 days.

Route:

Day 1 - London-Ashford - 121.8km

Day 2 - Ashford-Dover - 41.87km - (Ferry) - Calais-Bruay la Brussiere - 93.22km

Day 3 - Bruay la Brussiere - Amiens - 102.85km

Day 4 - Amiens - Paris - 135.65km

 Day 5 - Paris (Arrival to the office) - 4.61km

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Genworth is an insurance company with head office in the UK, specialized in Lifestyle Protection Insurances and within its social policy promotes and encourages the social activities organized by its employees. Ana Mascate is Genworth’s Legal Counsel in Portugal. She will be part of the cycling team and will participate actively in the project, bonding her passion for cycle with fund raising destined to promote the wellbeing of children with cancer and their families, which are supported by the institution Acreditar - Associação dos Pais e Amigos de Crianças com Cancro (Believe – Association of Parents and Friends of Children with Cancer).

Acreditar (Believe) is a private charity created in 1994 as a result of a national mobilization of parents of children under pediatric oncological treatment in Portugal’s health services. Acreditar (Believe) helps childrens and their families to better overcome the several problems that appear from the moment that the cancer is diagnosed, contributing to increase hope.

Acreditar (Believe) dedicates to “Treat the child with cancer, not only the cancer in the child”, making available, nationwide, emocional, financial, logistical, informative and recreational support to children with cancer and their families.

For more informations about the charity and its activities. 

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