Who can spare £2?

I know that it is difficult to find spare cash at the moment and sometimes it seems like everyone is asking for their share.  That is why I have decided to ask people for a low donation in the hope that many more will feel like they are able to spare £2 for a great cause.  My goal is therefore to ask 1,000 people to donate £2 each.  I have sent out e-mails today to many of my contacts and have already had some lovely responses.  I am also asking people to share this page and my justgiving page so that as many people as possible have the chance to participate.

First Few Donations

All very exciting - the first few donations on our team justgiving page for the abseil!  Always so touching to see how supportive people can be especially when from unexpected corners.  Thanks Mum and Dad for being the first - lol!

Here is the link to the team page Mendips Abseil

Thanks also to Donna and Paul for reposting the team page onto facebook.  Hopefully it will all gain momentum.

E-bay Queen

I have spent ages yesterday and today putting 30 cross stitch kits and charts onto ebay - thank you Mum for the donations!  Really chuffed that about half of the ones that were put on yesterday have already had bids on.  E-bay makes it easy if you are selling for charity as you just click on the correct charity and they will also waive the same percentage of fees that you are donating so I get to sell them for free as all of the proceeds are going to the charity.  It evens puts details about the Genesis Research Trust on the listing which looks really good. The real pain is taking them all to the post office in a weeks time but it will all be worth it!

More willing participants!

The abseil is getting closer!  Another willing volunteer this morning bringing our total up to 9!

Feeling Positive

I have been worried about being able to raise the funds in time but am feeling a bit more positive today.  The abseil has gone into the paper and someone contacted me wanting to join in!  I have created a team just giving page for everyone so fingers crossed!  The link is here: https://www.justgiving.com/teams/MendipsAbseil

Help - Abseil booked!

The biggest challenge with the trip is to raise the sponsorship money.  As a big push I am going to do an abseil on 7th April - it is all booked.  Based near Wells, it is down a 25 metre cliff - help!  This is a big deal for me given that a couple of years ago I had to get rescued from the go ape climbing centre in Milton Keynes!



Obviously I will be asking for sponsorship but I am also hoping to raise money by asking people to join in with me.  The company doing the abseil caps the cost for charities so if more people join in then the balance can go to the charity.  A few brave souls have 'volunteered' but I have offered it up to people at work plus issued two press releases!

Aching legs

Been out for my second jog and my legs are aching!  Not getting any faster or longer but I am learning how to jog on the spot whilst Bailey pees on every lamp post...

Started to sort through all the accumulated junk that has piled up in the spare room to see what we can take a car boot sale or put onto ebay.  Overwhelming how much fundraising needs to happen in such a short space of time!