Macquarie office raises $255k for Movember
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Larry Schlesinger
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10/12/2009 1:00:00 PM
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The Macquarie Group's Sydney office has contributing a whopping $255,000 to the coffers of Movember, making it the top fundraising team in Australia for the annual drive to raise money to fight prostate cancer and depression.
More than 258 staff members in Sydney participated.
Caption: Macquarie Mo Bros (L-R) Simon Foale, Richard Crookes, Damian Graham, Tim Oldham
This effort was mirrored around the globe with Macquarie Group staff raising a combined donation of $560,000, placing the investment bank in the top three of corporate supporters worldwide.
"We are incredibly proud of the individual and team worldwide 'mo'-growing efforts of Macquarie Group staff," said Julie White, head of the Macquarie Group Foundation.
Luke Slattery, founder of Movember, thanked the Macquarie staff for their outstanding efforts.
"Macquarie Group's donation to the campaign is fantastic and their year on year support has played an important part in helping us to grow Movember in Australia and around the world. 2009 has been a phenomenal year for Movember, with over 250,000 participants taking part across the globe," he said.
Others to have raised funds for Movember include Ballast Finance in WA, which raised over $3,000 for the cause and the CBA "Upper Lippers" team lead by Sam Boer, GM broker sales & service in the bank's third party banking division, which raised close to $15,000.
Did you raise funds for Movember? Let us know and we'll include your name in a list of industry donators in issue 7.1 of Australian Broker, out in January.
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