Dubai's a funny old place. It’s really only actually home to a small amount of people, everyone else is a guest of either short or long stay. We definitely fall into the former, and I certainly so with only two years under my belt. Being such a varied and transient society it’s hard to feel a connection to the city, the people, the culture, everything changing at such a fast pace.
But I made a real connection last week.
As a group we’ve been doing the usual fundraising activities, emailing friends/family to donate, doing raffle's, and soon a pub quiz. For the pub quiz I needed prizes so I set about trying to track some down via friends, with a small amount of joy (thanks Ali).
I then went on the offensive toward the big brands, mostly the hotels and the response was AMAZING. I sent a very simple and honest email to a handful of contacts and told it how it was:
We are off to climb a mountain for charity
It really help some kids who need the help
Please help us
I got the usual and expected palm off's from most, but I can’t tell you how happy I was to see some of the responses:
"This is a great cause which we would love to support and in case we can assist you with anything else, please let me know."
"Thank you for your below email and we are happy to support you for this great cause"
I didn’t anticipate such a personal, supportive and charitable replies to my request. It gave me a fresh boost of enthusiasm toward the inhabitants of this city!
Huge thanks to Rotana hotels & resorts your support has been unparalleled
Not forgetting the excellent credit due too Radisson Blu, ITP, Hilton and the Entertainer for your support it has been amazing
Thank you Dubai!!
(Pub quiz is Wed 7pm offshore sailing club, YOU MUST BE REGISTERED to get past the door so please email me first on nic.potter@thomsonreuters.com)
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