The race went well! I completed the distance in 32'02", not a very fast time, but I did it all in one go and how many of you were sitting on your sofa at the time?
And to all of you: thank you very much for sponsoring me, Trees for Cities will be able to plant a lot of trees with all the money raised through their Tree-athlon!
Thanks for visiting!
Tineke
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Look around in your neighbourhood, and imagine what it would look like without trees. Where would the birds go? Where would you catch a bit of shade in the hot summer city? Wouldn't you miss nature's own firework display in autumn?
Trees for Cities is a charity which raises money to plant trees in cities, both here in the UK and abroad, to change a grey city into a greener space. You can find out all about them by clicking
this link On 15 September I will run in the 5 kilometer fun run, the Tree-Athlon, organised by Trees for Cities. Will you please sponsor me? All pennies and pounds welcome, no donation is too small. After all, the oak grew from a tiny acorn!
These figures give you some idea of how your donations will contribute to a greener planet:
£70......... plant four magnificent oak trees in London
£100....... plant a grove of native trees in an urban forest
£150....... plant a group of shade trees in a school in Nairobi
£250....... help create a community orchard of fruiting trees in Addis Ababa
£400....... help Bucharest, the most toxic capital in Eastern Europe, by reforesting its rapidly diminishing green belt with a mixture of Beech, Lime and Maple trees
£500....... help transform areas of wasteland into woodland - plant 200 native trees on the urban fringe in Ica (Peru)
£1,000..... create a woodland of 450 native trees in the UK including Oak, Beech, Ash, Birch, Maple and Lime
£1,500.... teach children in Nairobi about trees by funding a school tree nursery
In addition, a woodland will be named after the Tree-Athlete who raises the most money. Now how cool would it be to have the D'Haeseleer Woods? Last year's top fundraiser handed over more than £1600 to Trees for Cities, so I need the help of all of you, and your friends and family to meet this particular challenge. We can do it!
Donating through this site is simple, fast and totally secure. I have used it many times myself. It is also the most efficient way to sponsor me: Trees for Cities will receive your money faster and, if you are a UK taxpayer, an extra 28% in tax will be added to your gift at no cost to you. Many many thanks for your support.
Tineke / tinebeest
