Somerset-based baby company Hippychick smashed its fundraising target when staff stepped out on a charity walk to celebrate the company’s 25 years in business.
The Hippychick team, led by husband and wife duo, Julia and Jeremy Minchin, who have been at the helm of the business since its inception, aimed to raise £1,000 for Musgrove Park Hospital’s Paediatric Department on a 25km trek across the Quantock Hills.
In the end, their efforts raised a massive £2,300 for the unit!
The walk from Spaxton to Nether Stowey across the Quantocks took eight hours with three pit stops for refreshments and ice cream along the way.
Pictured, from left to right, is an exhausted but triumphant Hippychick team at the finishing post – Scott Bateman, Jeremy Minchin, Mandy Young, Rose Slocombe, Mike Bird, Aquille Pociute, Annaliese Deakin, Julia Minchin and Alan Houghton.
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