Today a rather wonderful thing happened. Today my lovely workplace Cundall donated £500 to match the £500+ sponsorship I've raised so far. A five hundred pound donation, that really is something! So firstly, thank-you ever so much to Cundall for their generosity!
Secondly, it looks like I need a new fundraising target; I need to stretch my goals not just in running it seems! To come up with a fundraising target with a purpose I spoke to the UK representative of Global Action Nepal to find out exactly what all of this sponsorship buys; £10 buys a schoolbag for life £40 buys 50 books for a school library £75 pays for a teacher to be trained over the course of a year £300 pays for a small rainwater harvesting kit which protects school buildings and provides clean drinking water £750 will kit out a primary school classroom (paint, carpets, furniture, shoe racks, books) Putting all of this together, a brand new classroom for 30 children costs £1465, which is what my new target will be. And that new classroom may look a little something like this:
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It’s my birthday on Thursday, and in the spirit of training for a marathon and running 1000 miles, I’m getting up super early to fit a run in before I head to work. Since I want to celebrate my birthday by going out for dinner with my 3 year old (who likes an early night), I’m going to need to leave work early too, so when I say super early, I really do mean it. Here’s my timeline for the day: It turns out that marathon training takes rather a lot of dedication! So, if you’d like to help me celebrate my birthday, I would really really love it if you could sponsor me. If you’d have bought me a pint then please make your way to Just Giving & send your pint money to Nepal, it’ll put a birthday smile on my face….and I’ll need it after getting up at 5am to run!
Honestly…the things I do to squeeze a bit of extra sponsorship out of you guys…5am…*mutter mutter mutter* |
AuthorChloe is running 1000 miles to raise money for Global Action Nepal. She's also an engineer and a Mum. Archives
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