Our 10,000 tree challenge for 2022!

In 2022, the Shred Station team undertook a mammoth task. Throughout the year, they aimed to raise enough funds to plant 10,000 trees.

How did Shred Station’s tree planting challenge work?

Working with tree-planting partners across the globe, Shred Station had already planted trees across six continents prior to 2022. The 10,000 tree challenge team worked together to raise funds and continue these efforts by organising many fundraising activities throughout the year.

Each activity saw different members of staff working together to achieve the goal of funding the planting of 10,000 trees.

Some challenges included:

• The Great Shred Station Bake Off
  15 members of the team went head-to-head in a baking battle, selling their bakes to raise money for the 10,000 tree fund. This challenge raised enough money to plant 921 new trees in Kenya.
• Easter egg raffle
  Raffling off a humungous Shred Station easter egg raised enough to plant 470 new trees in Madagascar.
• A bowling tournament
  Putting the fun back into fundraising, our staff took to the lanes in pursuit of becoming the Shred Station bowling champion. With an entry fee per bowler, the winner was due to take home half of all entry fees, with the other half set aside for the 10,000-tree fund. Our Managing Director, Simon, won the bowling tournament and very generously donated his winnings to the 10,000 tree fund, too. This meant our bowling tournament raised enough money to plant 1,204 new trees in Mozambique.
• Pie Face Day
  Four company directors risked a pie in the face to raise money for our 10,000 Tree Fund by collecting donations in physical and virtual jars. The director with the most money in their jar by the end of the challenge received a pie in the face, and you can see the footage here! This challenge raised enough money to plant 585 new trees in Nepal.
• 2,000-mile challenge
  In November 2021, Shred Station staff covered over 1,000 miles by running, walking, swimming, rowing and cycling every day across the month. The team raised enough money in aid of Rainforest Trust UK that they were able to protect 370 acres of rainforest. Our staff took on the same challenge again, but with double the mileage. This time, we raised enough to plant 1,782 new trees in Haiti.
• Golf challenge
  In August 2022, the Shred Station team went head-to-head in a mini-golf tournament. Shred Station pledged to plant 50 trees for every hole-in-one, 5 trees for every hole-in-two, and 1 tree for every hole-in-three. With 18 holes and 8 staff competing, there was a potential to plant a lot of trees from this challenge. The team funded 801 new trees from this event, with Finance Director Ross Akers winning the tournament overall.

On 23/12/2022, the Shred Station team completed their challenge, planting a total of 10,067 trees!

Full details about the challenges and the number of trees planted can be seen below.

• 24/03/2022 – The Shred Station Bake Off raised enough money to plant 921 new trees in the Kijabe Forest, Kenya.
• 19/04/2022 – Our giant Easter Egg raffle raised enough money to plant 470 new trees in the Antsanitia Mangrove, Madagascar. The site is just 15 miles north of the regional capital, Mahajanga.
• 29/04/2022 – Our Bowling tournament raised enough money to plant 1204 new trees in Mozambique with Eden Reforestation Project’s Maputo Bay Reforestation Initiative.
• 21/06/2022 – Our Pie Face Day raised enough money to plant 585 new trees in Nepal’s Chitwan National Park region.
• 1/07/2022 – Our 2,000-Mile Challenge raised enough money to plant 1,782 new trees that support agroforestry projects in Haiti.
• 18/08/2022 – Our golf challenge meant another 801 trees went towards our total. These will be planted in Madagascar, in the Antsanitia Mangrove, once again.
• 07/10/2022 – Our staff took on an escape room, with 100 trees pledged for every team member who escaped. Four escaped, so that’s another 400 trees! These trees will be planted in Nicaragua’s Bosawas Biosphere Reserve.
• 31/10/2022 – The Shred Station head office team’s Halloween fancy dress day raised enough to plant 560 new trees in Nicaragua.
• 02/12/2022 – The Shred Station ‘Painting for the Planet’ challenge raised enough to plant 825 new trees in Nicaragua, also in the Bosawas Biosphere Reserve.
• 02/12/2022 – Our festive Bake Off raised enough to plant 1,490 further trees in the Bosawas Biosphere Reserve.
• 13/12/2022 – By celebrating our own Christmas Jumper Day, we raised enough to plant another 242 trees in Nicaragua.
• 20/12/2022 – Our World Cup Sweepstake raised enough to plant yet another 611 trees in Nicaragua.
• 23/12/2022 – Our Christmas Sweepstake raised enough to plant 176 new trees.