Go BackCall Connection employees parachute to grand total for charity
Twenty-three employees from Ipswich call-transfer company Call Connection have taken part in a fundraising tandem sky-dive in aid of the East Anglian Air Ambulance (EAAA), raising over £1,000. The group participated in the sky-dive at the March Airfield in Cambridgeshire and enjoyed glorious weather for their 11,000ft jump.
Colin Wilson said: "The contrast between heart stopping freefall and relaxing parachute glide was huge. You went from total excitement to being very chilled in 30 seconds. Everyone who jumped all agreed it was one of the best experiences ever. And as a good bonus we managed to raise over £1000 for a very worthwhile cause."
Graeme Kalbraier, Managing Director of Call Connection commented on his employees: "I am really pleased with my staff for collecting over £1000 for a great cause. It is excellent to be supporting the East Anglian Air Ambulance, because it is the charity Call Connection has chosen for this month anyway. The act of jumping from a plane several thousand feet in the air is not lost on me as an ex army parachutist, so the fact that 23 of my staff completed it makes me very proud indeed."
Call Connection is dedicated to supporting local charities and is once again the principle sponsor of the Ipswich and Suffolk Press Ball, taking place on 20th June, in aid of Disability Care Enterprise. Managing Director Graeme Kalbraier has recently joined the Board of the Somebody's Daughter Campaign and last month the firm opened to take £70,000 worth of donations for Sport Relief '08.
The East Anglian Air Ambulance was founded in 2000. The helicopter and its crew are on stand-by for 365 days a year and can reach almost anywhere in the region within 20 minutes and often quicker. They fly an average of 4 missions per day, getting patients to hospital within the "Golden Hour", greatly increasing patients' chances of making a full recovery. If you would like to know more, please visit www.angliaone.org.uk.
About Call Connection:
Call Connection is a UK based call handling centre that uses the latest technology to answer, screen, filter and route telephone calls. Working predominantly within the insurance market, Call Connection now operates with major UK insurers to provide them with profitable call handling solutions.
All calls are answered by a live agent, who will ask a few key questions and then transfer the caller straight through to the most suitable provider, as well as providing priority phone numbers of other suitable companies interested in quoting for their business.
Based in Ipswich, Suffolk, Call Connection has grown from strength to strength, expanding to a 200 seat call centre. Handling in excess of 50,000 calls per week, Call Connection prides itself on the exceptional service provided to its business partners and to customers through the Call Connection experience.
Date - 23/04/2008
