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Craig's 48 Hour Fundraising Challenge
I'm attempting to 'ski the world' for Make-A-Wish Foundation UK because they are a most brilliant cause to support
Event: Make-A-Wish Foundation UK - Ski The World Challenge between 30/03/2012 and 01/04/2012
£965.00 raised of £1,000.00 target
30 donations
My Target:
£1,000.00
£965.00 raised so far
How to make a donation
Donate online at - www.justgiving.com/Craig-Burton
By mobile internet Scan this code on your smartphone to go straight to Craig Burton's page.
By text message to donate £10 Text VHYI62 £10
to 70070
My story
Updated on Mar 30th 2012 at 8:51 PM from the JustGiving API
With an incredibly generous offline donation I'm now at £1400 after just 30 hours of fundraising. Incredible. Thanks to everyone who has donated so far. Please keep it coming.....
Updated on Mar 29th 2012 at 8:14 PM from the JustGiving API
20.00 hrs update: £550 in the bag. Huge, huge, huge thanks to everyone who's chipped in so quickly. I've started my drive down to the Alps with Graham Bell - due to arrive in Courmayeur at 6am Friday ready to ski!!
29th March, 15.00hrs
Right folks, listen up..... I need your help. Quickly!
In exactly 24 hours i'm set to be on the slopes of Courmayeur, Italy. That's not unusual for me given my job, though this time i'm going to be doing a little more than my usual cursory 'couple of hours in the morning followed by a very long lunch'.
Ski Solutions is hosting their inaugral 'Ski The World Challenge' in Courmayeur tomorrow - i've got over 20,000 vertical metres to ski in the next two and a bit days. That's a hell of a lot. Especially when the only training you've done for this is a week lying on your back on the beach. It's +18 degrees in Courmayeur at the moment, and after 11am it's going to be a moguled slushfest. It's going to hurt. I've been informed that 'lunching' is off the agenda. So too is beer (till the evening). And grappa. This ain't going to be easy.
Now, down to the important bit of fundraising. I must admit, being as lazy as I am i've never taken on marathons and the like. I think the last 'challenge' I did was a sponsored silence aged 8 yrs old. There were plenty of willing donors, but I remember it being a long-drawn out process to get pledges and collect in cash. I've been a little more, ahem, 'disorganised' this year and i'm putting my faith in the powers of 'social media' to get me over the line with this one in the next 48 hours. Can I really raise £1000 of cash in just 48 hours? We'll see.
What I will say is that IF we can get to £1000 by 3pm Saturday I will ski the final day of the challenge on Sunday in a suitably embarassing outfit and publish the incriminating images for all to see on the Ski Solutions homepage next week.
So let's look at the benefits of chucking some cash in here:
- Burton has a weekend of pain and cursing for being so unfit
- Ritual hiumiliation on Sunday, and the following week
What's not to like?
Come on. Dig deep. And quickly please folks......
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Ski Solutions have partnered with Make a Wish this year with the aim of raising over £20,000 to grant wishes to children with life-limiting illnesses.
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My charity
Make-A-Wish Foundation UK
Charity Registration No. (England & Wales) 295672 (Scotland) SC037479
Make-A-Wish Foundation UK aims to grant magical wishes to children and young people fighting life-threatening conditions. A wish granted is truly magical and provides memories that last a lifetime.
Donations 30
Well done mate. A huge success and really pleased that the first annual Ski the World event went so well.
Donation by James Nathan on 02/04/12
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
Well Done!
Donation by Becky Simmons on 02/04/12
Well done for reaching £1,000 - Dave suggests that if you reach £2,000 by tonight then you should ski tomorrow naked?!
Donation by Lucy and David on 31/03/12
£40.00
+ £10.00 Gift Aid
G'luck tosspot - wish we were there
Donation by Brian Lindley on 30/03/12
Ski Ging ski! Good luck :-D
Donation by Tina Gardner on 30/03/12
£5.00
+ £1.25 Gift Aid
Good Luck Ginge, catch up soon. Matt
Donation by Matthew James on 30/03/12
Happy skiing Big Red!
Donation by Nick Hewitt on 30/03/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Good luck bro. xxx
Donation by belinda lowehr on 30/03/12
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
Good luck Craig.
Donation by Andrew & Sally Barker on 30/03/12
£50.00
+ £12.50 Gift Aid
Good luck!! Lots of love xxx
Donation by Anonymous on 30/03/12
£5.00
+ £1.25 Gift Aid
good luck and enjoy!!! xx
Donation by lou on 29/03/12
£100.00
+ £25.00 Gift Aid
Donation by Anonymous on 29/03/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Race ya.............to the bar. (i'll be the one with no technique but lots of adventure)
Donation by Duncan Parker on 29/03/12
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
Best of luck!
Donation by nicola reade on 29/03/12
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
Go Craig!
Donation by Mark Jackie and the boys xx on 29/03/12
£25.00
+ £6.25 Gift Aid
I like skiing!
Donation by Jason Connell on 29/03/12
£25.00
Good luck Craig! Really hope you get the £1000 by Saturday....pics please!!
Donation by Lucy Myram on 29/03/12
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
Good luck - you know you're going to love it really!
Donation by Suzanne Hedges on 29/03/12
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
Go Craig go!
Donation by Anonymous on 29/03/12
£15.00
+ £3.75 Gift Aid
Way to go Ging!
Donation by Marin Medak on 29/03/12
£10.00
best of luck Burt - make sure you beat Fraser ) After this would love to see a sponsored silence love Clare OB
Donation by Anonymous on 29/03/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Craig, Just crank up that RED ENERGY and push any of those YELLOW ENERGY wuzzies out a the way! good luck Paul
Donation by Paul Wielgus on 29/03/12
£100.00
Glad you had at least one day's training in Zermatt... even if that did include a Long Lunch. Best of luck... Lizzie x
Donation by Lizzie Norton on 29/03/12
£50.00
+ £12.50 Gift Aid
Good for you Craig - keep safe and enjoy! Warmest wishes - Debs
Donation by Debbie Lock on 29/03/12
£50.00
+ £12.50 Gift Aid
I wasn't going to sponsor you as I've sponsored Fraser but the thought of you wearing something silly has made me!
Donation by James Eliot on 29/03/12
£15.00
+ £3.75 Gift Aid
Donation summary
- * Online donations£965.00
- Offline donations£0.00
- Text donations£0.00
- Total raised£965.00
- Gift Aid£182.50
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