# Pell & Bales says thank you to outstanding fundraisers - Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2012/01/11/pell-amp-bales-says-thank-you-outstanding-fundraisers/ - Published: 2012-01-11T12:22:43+00:00 - Author: Howard Lake ![](https://www.fundraising.co.uk/files/images/news/pellandbales_thankyou.png) Telephone fundraising company Pell & Bales has said a public thank you to five remarkable staff who have been working with them for ten years or more. “Between them have spoken to over 300,000 donors, and raised a phenomenal £12 Million”, says Bethan Holloway on the company’s blog. She sings their praises with the above Wordle infographic. Even better, she asks them about the secret of their success, and shares four lessons from the fundraisers. The company itself had something to celebrate recently – it has now [raised over £1 billion for its charity clients](https://www.fundraising.co.uk/pell-amp-bales-raises-its-billionth-pound-charity). ## Advertisement [⌊Posthub advert. You create the campaign. We'll handle the postal journey. Get started at post-hub.co.uk.⌉](https://fundraising.co.uk/ads/posthub-20261007-300x250/) Saying thank you is important, as you know, and I’ve covered some good examples of charities doing so recently, including [Send A Cow](https://www.fundraising.co.uk/thank-you-send-cow-your-thank-you-campaign). It’s good to see a fundraising agency doing so too. What creative and effective ways have you said thank you to your supporters, volunteers or colleagues? > [4 Lessons from 5 Amazing Fundraisers](https://pellandbales.wordpress.com/2011/12/02/4-lessons-from-5-amazing-fundraisers/) * **[Say thank you nicely to major donors](https://fundraising.co.uk/2012/07/04/say-thank-you-nicely-major-donors/)**( 4 July 2012) * **[The art of a simple ‘Thank You’](https://fundraising.co.uk/2013/04/16/art-simple-039thank-you039/)**( 16 April 2013) * **[London Marathon 2013: Thank you from Oxfam!](https://fundraising.co.uk/2013/04/26/london-marathon-2013-thank-you-from-oxfam/)**( 26 April 2013)