Raised: 79%
Target: £1,000.00
Raised so far: £785.00
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My story

 

Kids,

     As some of you know all too well, it’s easy to get gushy about La Vida (cannot wait to share some of the touching letters and photos we’ve received when our new website goes live later this month).

     However, in case you haven’t yet been on the receiving end of an enthusiastic La Vida convo, it’s a UK registered charity which identifies, funds and oversees projects that will directly advance the health and education of those living in poverty in the Latin American region (e.g. student scholarships, medical training, school expansions and community health education). Over the past three years, La Vida has directly impacted the lives of over 20,000 disadvantaged children and their families in Latin America (over £100K has been raised; 97% of all funds go directly to the projects, as all trustees and executive committee members work on a voluntary basis).

     This project work is funded by two annual fundraisers, the first of which is the 10K run. Not sure if this is aggressive or conservative, but I’m hoping to raise at least £1000 (which will cover an entire project for a school, such as a science lab or an activities room; how amazing would that be!!), so am asking for your kind and generous help (especially in the current environment, good grief).

     Any donations (which can hopefully be easily made though justgiving: http://www.justgiving.com/dellademe) are incredibly appreciated and mean so very much to me (and, more importantly, mean so much to the LatAm communities we support). For the HK contingent, the folks at justgiving suggested you enter in “00” into the postcode field; still love the simplicity of addresses in the HKSAR.

     And, last thing (!), if there are any London-based runners who would be interested in a 10K spot, we have a few left, so definitely let me know!

Con cariño,

Della

What a good cause to support. Thanks for bringing it to our attention! Donation by Rachael LeMasters 20/07/09  

£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid

Booyakashah ! Donation by Rahul Ahuja 20/07/09  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

Donation by Anonymous 14/07/09  

£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid

Hope the race went well!! :) Donation by Shaun 12/07/09  

£25.00

You did great yesterday! The run on Sunday will be a walk in the park! Donation by Emma Mauriaud 10/07/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Sounds like a great cause. All the best! Donation by Amar Singh Anand 09/07/09  

£20.00

Good luck! Donation by Junichi Sakishima 09/07/09  

£20.00

Have fun! What a great cause. :) Donation by Dana Rasmussen 08/07/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Donation by Katherine Marchetti 08/07/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Good luck Della, sorry I can't join you and the other La Vida runners this year Donation by Rosie 28/06/09  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

good on you. Would have love to participate but can't run! :-) x Donation by Sonia Hully 16/06/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Well done Della, hope it all goes well xx Donation by Candice Cheng 11/06/09  

£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid

Good Luck! Donation by Marc Perry 10/06/09  

£10.00

good luck! Donation by chris vaswani 05/06/09  

£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid

see u there xx Donation by jim mellon 03/06/09  

£50.00

You go girl! Donation by Salima Remtulla 02/06/09  

£60.00

Donation by Robert Lavan 02/06/09  

£100.00

Best of luck, della! Great work! X Donation by Benjamin Gilbert 02/06/09  

£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid

In honor of Della Donation by Kristin Kovner 02/06/09  

£30.00

Good luck Della, do keep us posted on the development of your project once you have raised the funds! x Donation by Catherine Baulamon 02/06/09  

£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid

Donation by Bill Perkins 02/06/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Donation by Robert Laragh 02/06/09  

£30.00
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