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I will be climbing Mount Kilimanjaro in August 2014 for ‘The Sarah Groves Foundation’. I've always wanted to climb Kilimanjaro and now I have the opportunity to combine this with raising money for a great cause.

 

In April this year, Sarah was tragically murdered in Kashmir. Her death has affected so many people as she was such a positive and loving young woman, with an inspirational outlook on life! 

 

I'm joining a team of around 35 climbers, family and friends of Sarah, to take on this amazing challenge and to raise money for a cause very close to Sarah's heart. Sarah raised an amazing £3,000 for her chosen charity last year when she climbed Kilimanjaro. We have therefore set ourselves a similar fundraising target!

 

I would be very grateful for any donations you can give in aid of this great cause. Thank you so much for your support and kindness. Throughout the year I will be organising many fundraising events to reach my target. To find out more about The Sarah Groves Foundation, please read below :

 

Sarah's inspirations in life came from children, art, fitness and adventure and a Memorial Fund has been established in Guernsey to support these four things.  It has full Trust status and is administered by the Guernsey Community Foundation www.foundation.gg

 

Funds allocated to Children will provide facilities, experiences and opportunities to young persons under the age of 16 that would otherwise be out of their reach financially or from an organisational perspective.  In many cases participants will come from deprived backgrounds both locally and overseas. Funds allocated to Art will provide educational experiences, opportunities and equipment to young persons under the age of 21 that would otherwise be out of their reach financially or organisationally. 20% of funds available within this category go towards an art bursary at Sarah’s school in Ascot where she spent 7 very happy years and where they still have very fond memories of her. Income will be generated by Adventure and Fitness (for example, people running marathons or going on expeditions).

 

This Memorial Foundation represents Sarah and her inspirational philosophy of life.

 

Any donations are warmly welcomed, and thank you so much for your kindness and support! I will be paying a part of the travel and accommodation costs, and some of the money I fundraise will go towards the rest, but over 50% of money raised is purely for the foundation, which means that as a group we hope to raise, after all expenses, over £50,000!!! Which will be incredible for The Sarah Groves Foundation!!

 

Here is a link to a video that captures Sarah’s beauty and desire to make a change in the world: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvJr3Pux-QQ

 

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