Ben Metz is fundraising for Centre For Innovation In Voluntary Action

Climbing Volcano Iztaccíhuatl for Ojos Que Sienten

on 11/11/2009

Volcano Iztaccíhuatl, Mexico

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Centre For Innovation In Voluntary Action

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It promotes new ideas in voluntary action, focussing on user involvement, social entrepreneurship and young people changing the world.

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Raised so far: £3,005.00

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My story

I'm off to Mexico to climb Volcano Iztaccíhuatl in early November with a group of 15 blind and 15 sighted people and am after sponsorship from you!

Funds will be going to Ojos Que Sienten / Sight of Emotion, a charity working to empower blind and partially sighted people in Mexico and the UK. Gina Badenoch, founder of Ojos Que Sienten is organising the climb. All kudos to her for the one and a half years this has been in the making. And all funds to her organisation so it can continue its great work - so dig deep guys!

Check out www.ojosquesienten.org for more information on her work.

All funds raised will be going to Ojos Que Sienten to continue their work. I'll be meeting all costs of me getting there and making the climb.

The climb is being led by world-renowned blind climber Erik Weihenmayer and famous sighted Mexican climber Hector Ponce de Leon. More information on Eric can be found at www.touchthetop.com.

So please dig deep and donate now. Funds raised in the UK are being channeled through the Centre for Innovation in Voluntary Action - www.civa.org.uk

Thanks very much

ben

	Wonderful experience and great that you're back safe. Donation by Alexandru Ghita 21/11/09	£20.00
	Donation by jenny metz 16/11/09	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
	Hey - you have probably finished by now, but hope it was a success! Can wait to hear all the stories and see all the pictures! xx Donation by Megan MacInnes 09/11/09	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Happy climbing! Donation by P and M 07/11/09	£200.00 + £56.41 Gift Aid
	Ben I am so proud of you. I wish the best during the climb. Donation by Diana Hester 29/10/09
	Donation by Tom Kaneb 27/10/09	£100.00
	I'm rooting for you, happy climbing! xc Donation by Chantal Elkin 27/10/09	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Donation by Monica Threlfall 27/10/09	£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid
	keep on climbing Ben! Can't wait to hear the report on this one! Donation by Hans H. Wahl 27/10/09	£50.00
	Donation by Mauricio Davila 27/10/09	£15.00 + £4.23 Gift Aid
	So now I've donated I'm an ashoka fellow right? Donation by james baderman 27/10/09	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Go! Go! Go! and Good Luck! Donation by Paul Cheng 27/10/09	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	picture from the top pls! Donation by ...f 27/10/09	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	lots of luck to you and all the climbing crew Donation by Anna Blackman 27/10/09	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	May the culinary hotstpots in the vicinity of Volcano Iztaccíhuatl brace themselves for the storm that is Ben Metz... ;) Donation by A Selian 14/10/09	£40.00 + £11.28 Gift Aid
	Nice one Ben. Swing up to Vancouver when you're done. Good luck. Big hug. Donation by Kaya Wiggens 12/10/09	£50.00
	Bon courage! Donation by Francesca Lahiguera 07/10/09	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	You just had to try this, didn't you... ;-) Donation by Sara Neuff 06/10/09	£40.00 + £11.28 Gift Aid
	Best of luck, Ben! Donation by Mary Abdo 05/10/09	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	A bit tougher than the South Downs Way Donation by D 05/10/09	£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid
	Climb climb climb!!! Donation by Rachel Dodds 02/10/09	£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid
	As if the people of Latin America haven't suffered enough! Along you come. Donation by Liam Black 02/10/09	£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid
	Best of luck, Ben! Donation by Jon Huggett 01/10/09	£25.00
	Donation by Catriona Maclay 30/09/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Take care on the way down ..... Donation by Mark Hannam 29/09/09	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
	Well, this is one way to work off those SF dinners! Good luck Ben Donation by Mark Cheng 29/09/09	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Gambatte Ben - great stuff. Donation by Rob Owen 29/09/09	£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid
	Don't forget the duck fat, Big Fella. Donation by Jonathan Jenkins 29/09/09	£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid
	Go ferrit Ben! Donation by Andy Bennett 29/09/09	£25.00
	Go for it Ben...... Donation by Nick Temple 29/09/09	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

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Offline donations:	£1,500.00
Gift Aid plus supplement:	£306.03

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