Santa sets Christmas miracle walking challenge to NGH volunteer team
Volunteers who go above and beyond to help patients aim to walk 3,550km in two months
The volunteering team at Northampton General Hospital have been set a special challenge...by none other than Father Christmas himself.
NGH Volunteer Services Team has received a personal letter from Santa challenging to walk the equivalent of Northampton to Lapland - about 3,550km - as a team between now and December 1.
The letter - posted on the team's Twitter account on Thursday (October 1) @NghVolunteers - says that Father Christmas had heard the team "had been very good this year".
"In light of this, I would really like to give you all a Christmas gift. But, it comes with an additional challenge. I would like you all, as a team, to walk the distance of 3,550km - this is the distance from Northampton to Lapland.
"If you can rise to the challenge and complete this before December 1 then I have a special gift in store for you and your team," Santa said.
It doesn't say what the special gift will be but he adds: "Continue to be you and continue to put patients at the heart of everything you do."
The team will be updating its progress via social media.