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Associated takes on Costa Rica... Raising money for Heart UK

25/4/2018

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Some people call them dedicated, some people call them crazy but Ian, Nick and Stuart from Associated Optical love a challenge and when Stuart - Sales Director at Associated Optical saw a charity bike ride being advertised by HEARTUK, he just knew it was the opportunity of a lifetime.

Stuart put the idea to Ian & Nick (Area Sales Managers at Associated Optical) that they should all sign up for the ride and now 6 months on, training has begun!
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The bike ride will see Stuart, Nick & Ian ride across Costa Rica later this year (23rd November - 2nd December). Together, they will spend that time riding 360km on behalf of HEARTUK.

HEARTUK is a charity that means a lot to Nick in particular. Sadly in 2015, Nick lost a friend called Drew to a heart attack - just weeks after his 23rd birthday.
HEARTUK were there to offer support and advice to Drew's family and friends and are such a support resource for many people that the team at Associated felt that they wanted to give something back to HEARTUK.
'I am very goal orientated and Costa Rica ticks a lot of boxes with me. It's got some incredible scenery and i'm looking forward to being able to see Costa Rica from a different point of view. As a team, we all get on so incredibly well and I thought it would be a great end of year reward for the hard work Nick & Ian put into looking after our customers. It's an honour to be riding on behalf of HEARTUK & it's our small way of helping a charity that does some wonderful work'.
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- STUART BALDWIN -

In the lead up to 'the big ride', we'll be sharing updates from their training sessions and will of course give you updates as the ride is happening.

So if you haven't already, please make sure you like our facebook page   
You can also follow our updated over on twitter 
If you'd like to learn more about the amazing work HEARTUK do, please visit their website here

To make a donation or to read more about Costa Rica, please visit our just giving page 
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Jill
15/10/2018 02:33:45 pm

So grateful for what they are doing in memory of my son, thank you all.

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