If you sponsor us on Trailwalker South Downs 2010, you would be helping Oxfam and the Gurkhas because we as a team of four have pledged to raise money on their behalf. There's a wiki if you want to read more about this global fund raising project.
We promise to complete the UK’s toughest team charity challenge. That is, we will walk 100 kilometres in 30 hours or less - that's 60 miles across The South Downs in mid-July.
Since each of the team members is required to raise £500, I'm asking you to sponsor my training walks as my way of raising the money. I'm suggesting that you read the blog, find a walk you like and sponsor the walk by perhaps donating £2 for each kilometre covered.
I plan to walk 650 km in training in at least 50 walks. That means I'm hoping to raise £1300 which will help us exceed our team goal of £2000. In fact we have two teams, themed as Snow White and the Seven Dwarves. We have two vital helpers (T and C) to keep us fueled, hydrated, shod and properly clothed. We'd like to raise way more than £4000. Every little helps, as one supermarket chain likes to remind us.
Lots of small donations are what I'm after. If, for example, I want to raise the Gurkha issue to lots of people, then it's better to have fifty donations of £10 rather than five donations of £100. Sponsor as much as you want on any walk in the knowledge that any walk can have multiple sponsors. Maybe there's room for a competition to find the walk with the most sponsors?
Lots of small donations are what I'm after. If, for example, I want to raise the Gurkha issue to lots of people, then it's better to have fifty donations of £10 rather than five donations of £100. Sponsor as much as you want on any walk in the knowledge that any walk can have multiple sponsors. Maybe there's room for a competition to find the walk with the most sponsors?
If you are happy to do this sponsorship, please mention my name and name the walk (or just its date) when you make your donation - that'll help keep me motivated. I'll put your name(s) on the blog afterwards.
And so here is the the sponsorship page: Virgin Money Giving
Thank you, even if you don't decide to help.
