#B4B12: Join us to help two charities
January 24th, 2012 by James Baggott
It feels like only a few days since a knackered Batch and I were stuck in a lift at the end of the first day of Bangers4BEN 2011.
But today we had to put that horrible memory behind us as we had our first meeting to plan for 2012’s event with BEN.
This year, B4B is going to be bigger and better than ever before and participants will be helping not one, but TWO charities on the trip.
So what’s the plan? Well, as usual, participants will be expected to buy cars (which can make the trip) and at the end they’ll be sold in aid of automotive industry charity BEN at a trade auction.
However, the twist for 2012 is that we’ll be asking everyone to fill their cars with gifts for orphans which we’ll hand out at our ultimate destination – ROMANIA!
It’s a country that still has serious problems with poverty, we thought burning all that fuel for a reason would make sense so we’ll be asking participants to fill their cars with gifts for orphaned children.
We’ve hooked up with an ophan’s charity in Romania who are delighted teams will be helping them with donations.
The event will take seven days – a little longer than usual – but it’s a 2,500 mile (ish) round trip. We like to think the fact that competitors will be making an amazing difference to so many people’s lives should make it worthwhile – that and the fact it will be an amazing adventure.
The route could see us travel through Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Romania.
The cost of the event is likely to be only around £700 per car – that includes accommodation, evening meals and breakfast, plus ferry crossing for two people. On top of that you’ll need a car (which will be sold for BEN at the end) and will have to cover expenses.
Entry is open to absolutely any one. It doesn’t matter whether you’re connected to the car industry or not – we’ll have any one along for the ride!
We’re still ironing out the final details of the plan with BEN, but if you’re interested in taking part, put October 13-19 in your diary as that’s when we’ll be going.
If you want to be put on the First To Know list, email me your details via this page and I’ll make sure you’re informed as soon as registration opens.
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