EVENTS
EVENTS
DEL BOYS , DERBY | 17TH DECEMBER 2016
THE VAPOUROUND BUS RETURNS FOR A SECOND VISIT TO DEL BOYS VAPE STORE
Just a week before Christmas , the Vapouround Bus returned to Del Boys vape store in Derbyshire for yet another visit . After our first visit in October went down so well , we decided to bring the bus back for a special event .
Del Boys owner Jane Johnson was overwhelmed with how many turned up to see the bus and learn more about vaping . Jane enjoys raising money for charity and on the day of our visit she was fundraising for Brain Tumour Research who focus on finding a cure for brain tumours . One of Jane ’ s close friends has been diagnosed with a brain tumour so she decided to raise money to support the charity . Jane wanted to do anything possible to raise awareness and to bring in as much money possible for the research into brain tumours .
She had been selling raffle tickets prior to the event with a wide variety of great prizes up for grabs donated by very generous companies . There were 19 prizes in total including e-liquids , mods and even a hair cut from the hairdresser ’ s next door to Del Boys . Jane raised Ј285 from the raffle by the end of the day but it wasn ’ t until the evening when Jane received a call from e-liquid company Riot Squad that she had more good news . Riot Squad and Del Boys recently met in October at The Vaper Expo in Birmingham , UK and the Riot Squad team had agreed to donate e-liquids and merchandise to the raffle . Then as an extra gesture of goodwill they decided to match the money raised by the event so that the total raised for the charity was Ј570 . Jane was completely surprised and ecstatic when they called her to donate money as she commented , “ I was so pleased with their support and I couldn ’ t have raised the money for Brain Tumour Research charity without the support of Vapouround ’ s big bus .” We also talked to Riot Squad ’ s Sales Manager , Matt Crann , who commented , “ Here at Riot Squad we never like to do
anything by halves so it was an obvious decision by us , when asked to donate raffle Riot Squad products that we wanted to go that extra mile .” He added :
“ It was a privilege to be able to make the match donation as a gesture of good will . This is the first of many more charitable causes Riot Squad will be supporting and we will be launching our own charity challenge in 2017 .”
As it was a Christmas visit , we wanted to take part in the giving process so our bus served warm mulled wine and mince pies . We also dressed one of Vapouround ’ s staff member as the ‘ vaping ’ Santa for the day to get into the festive spirit ! Vapouround ’ s Bus Tour to Del Boys was yet another brilliant experience for everyone . Keep an eye on the Vapouround Bus website for news of more upcoming visits and tours .
VAPOUROUND MAGAZINE ISSUE 09 137