Fundraising Events
Posted by Concept2 News on the 7th of November 2006
Every week, people up and down the country are using the Indoor Rower to raise money for good causes. We're in the process of developing a new Fundraising section of our website which will help to promote and write up these events, as well as assist you in getting your own underway. Make sure, then, that you send us your stories and reports so that we can get them up for the entire world to see, just like the events below. Jenny Humphreys###################Jenny Humphreys finished off the final 5,000m of her Million Metre Row at St Luke's Church in Battersea yesterday. She has spent the last 40 weeks rowing 5000m five times a week in her bedroom, raising £5,000 in the process, which is being split between two funds, the organ fund at St Luke's (where she sings in two choirs) and Breast Cancer Care.For more information, or to donate online, go to http://www.stlukesonline.org.uk/organfund/million/Row For Leukaemia ###################After a close friend was diagnosed with Acute Leukaemia, Stuart Farley and five friends got together to raise money for the Davidson Ward in the Kings College Hospital, London where their friend is being treated. Starting at 8pm on Friday, 27th October, the six of them took turns to row constantly all the way through until 8pm the next day. Despite some tough times, all six members of the team completed the full 24 hours and they managed to row a whopping 313,000 metres. Far more impressively, they managed to raise over £3,500 in the process. You can read more about the row, or donate online at http://www.justgiving.com/rowforleukaemia. Mark Smith###################On Tuesday, 14th November at 5 p.m. Mark Smith will be aiming to row a Marathon at the Village Hotel Bromborough. The row will be in aid of SUNDOWNS, a Birkenhead based charity whose overall aim is to provide support for people with Downs Syndrome and their families on the Wirral. Over the past few years Mark's son Callum has benefited greatly from the support and activities arranged by SUNDOWNS including trips to Gulliver's World, Centre Parcs and Ribby Hall. If you'd like to, you can sponsor Mark by sending a cheque, Postal Order or Bankers Order to SUNDOWNS, 46 Hamilton Square, Birkenhead, Wirral, CH41 5AR.