Tourism & Hospitality | Monday 2 March, 2015 12:29 pm |

As we continue to chart our way into the year, Centro Sharjah is dedicating this month towards supporting Harrison’s Fund, the fundraising organisation that has one goal, to get as much money as possible into the hands of the world's best researchers, who are working to find a cure for Duchenne. To know further Log on to www.harrisonsfund.com
Harrison’s Fund is named after the son of Alex and Donna Smith who was diagnosed with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy which is an X-linked disease that affects 1 in every 2400 boys approximately, worldwide. Most patients are diagnosed at approximately 5 years of age, when their physical ability diverges markedly from that of their peers. Their muscle strength deteriorates, and boys require the use of a wheelchair before their teens. Respiratory, orthopedic, and cardiac complications emerge, and without intervention, the mean age at death is around 19 years.
“Centro Sharjah will continue to extend its long drawn support towards the noble cause and like last year we hope to make a valuable contribution” said Michael Kasch, General Manager. “This year we’ve chalked down exciting activities which will be underway at the hotel site, collectively involving guests and colleagues to create awareness” he explained.
Let’s march this march towards a noble cause:
Save the date 5th March, 2015 at 5 PM
Guests and colleagues collectively, will be participating in a walkathon around Centro Sharjah covering a distance of 1.2 Km; Each participant will make a valuable contribution in the end.
Here’s a link to the Facebook event – https://www.facebook.com/events/1571495406427416/
Harrison’s fund Tshirts for sale: You can now buy specially made T Shirts to wear for the walkathon at c.deli, our around the clock delicatessen
Veni, Vidi, Cucurri - we came, we saw, we ran
Duchenne takes away the chance to run, let’s help give it back #maketime. For the whole of March each time you run, cycle or swim in our recreation premises you can contribute by clocking your distance covered and making your donation.
Take the Social bite
We are selling #maketime cupcakes at c.deli, our around the clock delicatessen. Click a selfie along with your dessert on social media and use #maketime and tag @centrosharjah. Each time you do this we will donate 1 AED towards the cause above the money contributed through your cupcakes purchased.
Get involved by connecting with us on –
• https://www.facebook.com/CentroSharjahHotel
• https://twitter.com/CentroSharjah
• https://instagram.com/centrosharjah/
• http://roho.it/rttys

Here’s calling you to make the distance so that we can collectively make a difference
All donations to be given to Philip Robson’s Just Giving fundraiser - https://www.justgiving.com/phillip-robson3/
Philip Robson is the recreation manager at Tower’s Rotana Dubai, he along with his supportive team are the driving force behind fundraising for Harrisons Fund in UAE.
For bookings and more information, please call +971 (0)6 508 8000
About Centro Sharjah:
Centro Sharjah is uniquely located adjacent to Sharjah International Airport and close to the business districts of Sharjah. The hotel is just 15 minutes away from the city centre. It features 306 rooms classified as Classic Room, Classic Studio, One Bedroom Suite, Classic Studio Plus and One Bedroom Suite Plus. Two outlets, c.Taste and c.Deli and three meeting rooms’ facilities and a modern fitness centre with a spacious swimming pool.
Centro by Rotana won the Best Budget Hotel in 2012 during the Business Travellers Award Middle East