Catherine Oliver

Two Bikes Across America

Fundraising for WaterAid
£4,114
raised of £3,415 target
by 119 supporters
Donations cannot currently be made to this page
Participants: Catherine Oliver, Chris Oliver
WaterAid

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RCN 288701 (England and Wales) and SC039479 (Scotland)
We work with communities to improve access to clean water & toilets

Story

Hey, didn't see you there! 

Thanks  for having a wee gander at our fundraising page. What're we doing you ask? You probably already know but we, Chris Oliver (53), and daughter, Catherine Oliver (22), will be cycling across the USA in May this year. We feel that it's essential to include our ages, everyone does these days. 31 years apart, we will both be covering 3,415 miles (probably more) together in seven weeks. Catherine will obviously win (if it were a race). But it's not a race. We're calling it an adventure. 

We're raising for WaterAid. A pound a mile that both of us do TOGETHER (see what we did there?). So 50p each. Or 51p for Catherine and 49p for Chris. But who's counting?

We are. We will be! As every gruelling mile may be a struggle but it will be worth it as we wholly believe that this charity runs brilliant sustainable projects to promote clean water, sanitation and hygiene around the world. Something we think that everyone should be entitled to. Have a think about this:

"783 million people in the world do not have access to safe water. This is roughly one in ten of the world's population." (WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) Report 2012 update).

So if you'd like to donate, thank you! We most certainly won't be the only people appreciating your help. 

Check out our blog here: https://cyclingsurgeon.wordpress.com/ 
We'll be updating a photo a day during the trip. 

About the charity

WaterAid

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RCN 288701 (England and Wales) and SC039479 (Scotland)
WaterAid is an international not-for-profit, determined to make clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene normal for everyone, everywhere within a generation. Only by tackling these three essentials in ways that last can people change their lives for good.

Donation summary

Total raised
£4,113.91
+ £796.41 Gift Aid
Online donations
£4,063.91
Offline donations
£50.00

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