Giant Emojis to pop up in farmers’ fields thanks to Carrs Billington Agriculture competition to support WellChild
Giant purple emoji’s will be appearing in farmers’ fields near you this year!
The giant smileys and other funny faces are appearing in fields as a result of a competition for farmers organised by Carrs Billington Agriculture to support WellChild, the national charity for seriously ill children.
Farmers will be challenged to create their emoji-inspired displays from silage bales wrapped in WellChild’s colour purple. They can customise their bales with special emoji packs provided by Carrs Billington.
Anyone can take part in the competition this year! If you spot the Emoji bales in a field take a picture on your phone, tag the location and post it on social media including @CarrsBillington and the hashtag #purplebales. Each time a person does this with a photo of different bales they will be entered into a draw to win £200 of Carrs Billington vouchers.
Carrs Billington has a string of stores supplying agricultural products and services to the rural community across England and Scotland. As part of their support they will be distributing the purple silage wrap and netwrap supplied by Zeus Packaging Group. They will be asking famers and contractors to show their support by choosing to buy purple.
Farmers taking part in the competition will send in photos of their emoji creations to be displayed on the WellChild and Carrs Billington Facebook pages. The farmer whose emoji bale display is judged the best, will receive a family ticket and accommodation to Alton Towers!
Zeus Packaging Group have given Carrs Billington the exclusive distribution rights of their Purple Silagewrap and Purple Netwrap in the UK. This is a part of a global project launched by Zeus to support children’s charities in Ireland, the UK, Spain, Portugal, New Zealand and Australia. The purple bales dotted in fields around the world will represent the support they are giving to children and young people who need our help.
WellChild Chief Executive Matt James said: “We would like to thank Carrs Billington and Zeus Packaging for their fantastic support for WellChild and the families we help across the UK.
"The hay bale emojis are a fantastic sight in fields all across the country and the money raised by the farming community will go to support children with serious and complex medical needs to live a better, happier life.”
Spokesperson from Carrs Billington said: “Carrs Billington are delighted to be supporting such a worthy cause. The work WellChild undertakes makes a considerable difference to the lives of seriously ill children and we know our staff and customers enjoy demonstrating the lighter side of farming with the purple bale campaign.”
