# Pitney Bowes donates over £17k to National Literacy Trust

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2007/02/06/pitney-bowes-donates-over-17k-national-literacy-trust/
- Published: 2007-02-06T11:21:53+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Mailstream technology company Pitney Bowes last year raised £17,170 through fundraising
activity and donations for charity partner the National Literacy Trust.

In October Pitney Bowes ran its annual ‘Pushing the Envelope’ online auction of 
envelopes designed by top celebrities, raising £5,439. Stars such as actress Kate
Winslet, Turner Prize winning artist Grayson Perry, author Joanne Harris, and children’s
illustrator Raymond Briggs, put pen-to-paper and came up with original designs for
auction. A desktop calendar using twelve of the celebrity-designed envelopes was
sold internally at Pitney Bowes raising a further £211.

Following the auction, Pitney Bowes ran a Christmas card competition with local 
primary schools. Pupils were asked to design cards and the winning design was used
as the corporate Christmas card. Internal sales of the card raised an additional
£2300 for the NLT.

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As part of its ongoing support of the NLT’s activities Pitney Bowes donated a £9,000
lump sum to aid the charity’s Reading is Fundamental scheme. The money will be used
to support projects in two UK locations, which help encourage young people to read
and provide them with books.

Finally, a further £220 was raised when Pitney Bowes took the opportunity to display
the Barclays’ Premier League trophy for a day at their office. Employees were charged
£1 to have their picture taken with the trophy, with all proceeds going to the NLT.

David Denney, Vice President Human Resources, Pitney Bowes, comments:

We are delighted to continue our support of the National Literacy Trust. For Pitney
Bowes, the link to the NLT is clear. The charity is concerned with raising literacy
standards across all age groups and improved literacy will always mean improved 
communication. Our own solutions help to make mailstream communication simpler and
more integrated. We look forward to working with the NLT again this year and raising
more funds for this good cause.”

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