Spy in the Wild series two is now available on iPlayer. If you are a…
Not the Commonwealth Games Baton – but still….
![Apple baton](https://amalgam-models.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/M-Local-Baton-e1407334697939-2.jpg)
We cannot claim to have designed or made the Queen’s Baton for the recent Commonwealth Games
![The real Commonwealth Games baton](https://amalgam-models.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/CGbaton-e1407335706465-2.png)
(Even though a part of it was 3D printed). Nor the iconic 2012 Olympic torch.
![2012 Olympic Torch](https://amalgam-models.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Olympic-Torch-1.jpg)
But at Amalgam we are proud to have made our own version – after a fashion…
![M Local Apple Baton](https://amalgam-models.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/M-Local-Baton1-e1407335740716.jpg)
Every year supermarket chain Morrison’s staff vote for a worthwhile cause to be the company’s charity partner to benefit from their ‘Raise a Smile’ programme. This year’s charity is Sue Ryder, an organisation that provides incredible care for people who are diagnosed with life a changing illness.
As a part of the companies fund-raising efforts M Local stores arranged a 24 hour relay race, each leg being completed on a different and unusual form of transport and at each hand-over our specially created “Apple Baton” was handed over. OK so we didn’t carry a message from The Queen, or visit 71 nations along the way but did the other famous games’ baton raise money for charity along the way?
What’s more the M Local baton is the work of Amalgam’s scenic artist Elaine Carr who sculpted and painted the whole thing from scratch – so we can truthfully state that “No apples were harmed in the making of this baton!”…
To donate – even a little to this cause you can click on the link below.
https://www.justgiving.com/m-local-relay/
Or to see more of our weird and wonderful world of creativity take a look at our website here. www.amalgam-models.co.uk