Please would you sponsor us to raise funds for patient care at the Hospice.
Mount Kilimanjaro is 19,340 ft high and is the largest free standing mountain in the world. The oxygen levels at the summit are half as much as they are at sea level so if the thought of me gasping and calling for an oxygen bottle makes you giggle, please spare some cash for this worthwhile charity and make it all worthwhile!
http://www.justgiving.com/willthurbinkilimanjaro08
Kate Young will be taking on the Trans-Siberian Writing Challenge to write at least 100 A5 pages whilst on an 18-day trip on the Trans-Siberian Railway from Beijing to Moscow.
Visit her blog at transsibwriter.wordpress.com or sponsor her online at www.justgiving.com/transsibwriter
Or if you want to send money for Kate directly to the Hospice then you can make the cheque payable to 'EMH' and send it to Trans-Siberian Writing Challenge, Fundraising Office, Earl Mountbatten Hospice, Halberry Lane, Newport IOW PO30 2ER.
This run I have planned will be something similar, as in I am running. But it will be 5 times longer, in the desert, there will be far less smiles and the only time I will see that much water is when my blisters burst.
The Marathon Des Sables is an epic 6 day foot race, 243km / 151 miles through the Moroccan Sahara Desert with one day of 82km. It is the equivalent of 5 1/2 standard marathons over stony ground and soft sinking sand dunes in temperatures of over 120 degrees. Although water is handed out and my tent will be there waiting for me at the end of each day, to make things a little worse, I will need to carry all my own equipment on my back, This obviously is a stupid thing to do, but something to look back on fondly, one day when I am very very old.
Something this careless requires a massive incentive
I have chosen to raise money for the Earl Mountbatten Hospice on the Isle of Wight. They provide an invaluable and frankly amazing service, helping terminally ill patients to live their last months and days in comfort and with dignity. I have seen firsthand how the Earl Mountbatten Hospice can help those going through the terrible experience of losing someone they love, when 20 years ago my Mum died there at the age of forty. I cannot begin to explain what a worthwhile cause this really is.
This is where you come in to the plan. I need your donations to keep me running knowing on completion of the race your cash will be going to helping so many other families. When my feet have turned to blisters legs to soggy sand bags and skin to crackling, I will have that in what is left of my mind to keep me running, plodding, waddling or perhaps even crawling over the finish line
Donating through this site is simple, fast and totally secure. It is also the most efficient way to sponsor me: The Earl Mountbatten Hospice will receive your money faster and, if you are a UK taxpayer, an extra 28% in tax will be added to your gift at no cost to you. Bargain
So please sponsor me now! You will be making such a difference to many other families and to me on more of a personal level. Many thanks for your support... Dave
Hi all .....
Having 'conquered' (yeah right) the Bristol half marathon back in September I'm now attempting to do the Bath half in March - the fundraising is for the Earl Mountbatten Hospice on the Isle of Wight, my Grandad set it up 30 odd years ago and is now looked after by them one day a week
The goal is to beat the time I did the Bristol half in 1hr 50 -
Thanks for all donations - your kindness is very much appreciated
Matt
Hi again!
After my last exploits at the Bristol half Marathon I never thought I would be creating this page for another, this time Bath!
The training has now started in earnest after Christmas and boy does it hurt, I really regret now all that turkey and drinking that took place.
The cause I'm running for this time with my brother-in-law Matt is close to our hearts.
Matts Grandad and mine in-law started to set up the Hospice on the Isle of Wight in the early seventies, as nothing existed on the Island at the time and It now remains the only Hospice on the island. What Bruce Charman didn't realise would be that 30 years later he would be using the hospice as a patient. They provided him with amazing care and also the additional support and filip to fight the cancer that he needed. He still visits them now on a weekly basis and has been turned into a budding artist a talent found late in life!
The running of such a valuable service does not come cheap, around 2 million a year and whatever you can give will go forward to making sure that the Earl Mountbatten Hospice continues in the excellent work it carries out for the people of the Isle of Wight.
Many thanks and hope to see some of you down there either running or supporting.
David
Hayley Nash is Parachuting
Hi I'm Hayley, and I work at the Earl Mountbatten Hospice, which is the Island's only Hospice that cares for over 800 people a year. In a mad moment i have decided to jump out of an aeroplane at 10,000 feet to raise money for our patient care.
It costs £7,000 per day to continue the care we give to all our patients, of which we have to raise £4,500 so your support is greatly appreciated.
Thank you for visiting my fundraising page. Please dig deep and sponsor me online.
Many thanks for your support.