On April the 6th this year Sarah Groves was tragically murdered in Kashmir. The devastation that this news left behind is incomprehensible and indescribable. Due to Sarah's insatiable love of life however, together with her desire to make a change in the world, and her determination to help as many people as she could - the Sarah Groves Foundation was set up. This Fund will focus on Sarah's inspirations, which came from art, children, adventure and fitness. This fund will continue Sarah's legacy, which is all about love, helping others, and achieving your dreams. To read more about the fund and to see where the money will be spent, please read below.
Any donations will be warmly welcomed, and we thank you for all your kindness and support. You'll see that each team member is trying to raise £1750. Your donation can really help this goal be achieved! Please show your support to this fantastic cause, and to the people who will be working so hard to meet their targets!
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 foundation has been established in Guernsey to support these four things. 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 organisationally. 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. Income will be generated by Adventure and Fitness (for example, The Guernsey to Paris Bike Ride, The Kilimanjaro climb, or going on expeditions). This fund represents Sarah and her inspirational philosophy of life.
The Sarah Groves Foundation Bike Ride will entail 50 amazing like-minded individuals cycling from St Malo to Paris, to visit “Sarah’s Bridge”, and then return to St Malo. All participants are going to put themselves through this incredible challenge, attempting to raise as much money as possible for The Sarah Groves Foundation.We are not an elite group of cyclists, far from it, but we are as a collective incredibly motivated to push the boundaries of physical and mental resolve- we as a team are going to do something never attempted from these shores before, we are going to push ourselves far outside our comfort zones and its going to be very tough but we all have an incredible motivation to make this challenge become a reality and for ourselves to live a life less ordinary, just like Sarah.
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