Katharine Kinnie is fundraising for Action For Brazil's Children Trust

Virgin Mobile's Big Ride 2006

on 22/05/2006

We did it!!!!!!!!!!!

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Team members:

Team London, Team Trowbridge and Team Middlesbrough

Raising money for

Action For Brazil's Children Trust

Charity Registration No. 1069022

ABC Trust is a fundraising organisation that supports community projects for street children in some of Brazil's poorest areas. Its aim is to provide the children with the means to make their own future better by offering them a broader horizon and teaching them new skills.

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Katharine Kinnie

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Raised: 104%

Target: £50,000.00
Raised so far: £52,090.00

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My story

In May 2006, we (3 teams of Virgin Mobile staff) cycled over 500 miles to raise money for charity!!

We left our Middlesbrough site on Monday 22nd May and cycled down the country to our Trowbridge office for the middle of the week and a spot of lunch. We then travelled the last couple of legs from the West Country across to London and cycled at our Leicester Square office on Friday 26th May for a big finish. The whole trip took us 5 days of cycling for 10 hours per day. We covered over 500 miles. Ouch!

The elements were working against us for most of the week and everyone got pretty wet and windswept. Some days people were cycling into headwinds of up to 20mph! There were also a number of blisters, boils and bruises in places there shouldn't have been!

All in all everyone had a really enjoyable week and there is even talk of the Big Ride 2007, so who knows!

We have managed to raise an incredible amount of money for our two charities that are dear to us: The ABC Trust and Cancer Research UK. For that we all feel incredibly proud of our achievement.

Also massive thanks to Motorola, Garlands and Morgan Stanley for sponsoring each of our 3 teams £10,000 each!

	Donation by Lee & Deb 04/07/06	£20.00
	Donation by Rory Chisholm 04/07/06	£25.00
	Donation by Jim Tutton 04/07/06	£50.00
	Donation by Alistair Chisholm 04/07/06	£100.00
	Well done big man Donation by Tommy 16/06/06	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Well done Stephen. That's a strange place to get a boil... Donation by Paul 15/06/06	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
	Well done Chief!!! Donation by Flapper 11/06/06	£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid
	Well done Paul and all the teams! Donation by John and Maggie 11/06/06	£50.00
	Well Done to all - great effort Donation by Garlands 08/06/06	£540.00 + £152.31 Gift Aid
	well done for taking part against the odds Donation by Dan Webber'sMum and Dad 07/06/06	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Well done Rob - sore bum? Donation by Norma & John 07/06/06	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Well done! Donation by P Loucas 01/06/06	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Better late than never! Donation by Gayle Budden 31/05/06	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Well done! Donation by Giu & Rob 30/05/06	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	well done Chief Donation by Sam & Jen 30/05/06	£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid
	Don't forget the cushions!! Donation by Chris Heavens 30/05/06	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Nice work! Donation by Lucy Farmer 30/05/06	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Well done! Donation by Anne O'Connor 30/05/06	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Well done Lois from all your old cycling team mates at G. U21's in SA Donation by R Van Der Berg 30/05/06	£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid
	good work! Donation by Maz & Warren 29/05/06	£40.00
	eeeee such a wicked effort paul...we're ready to buy you a pint or two!! sooo impressed!! xx Donation by jeh and bradders 28/05/06	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Well done all of you! This is a massive achievment and you should all be proud of yourselves! Donation by Graeme Hutchinson 28/05/06	£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid
	Hope the weather was not too bad Phil, well done! Looking forward to finding out how it went. Donation by Kev & Delphine 26/05/06	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Well done everyone,particularly Kat for her fabulous organising skill&hard work.Plus she's well fit! Donation by Richard Branson 26/05/06	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Paul & Gazza - as promised!! Donation by Richard Barnard 26/05/06	£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid
	Well done Paul - hope it hurt... Donation by Mike Thomas 26/05/06	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
	You guys have achieved something tremendous & it has been such an honour to be involved! Rock on!! Donation by Kat Kinnie 26/05/06	£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid
	Donation by Heather and Shane 26/05/06	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	rather you than me - good luck jamie and co Donation by Sarah Archer 26/05/06	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Great stuff Donation by David 26/05/06	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

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* Total raised online:	£7,028.00
Offline donations:	£45,062.00
Gift Aid plus supplement:	£1,664.95

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