This year has already been a biggie for me, what with my 50th birthday and celebrating 25 years working at MTV.  I knew that I wanted to set myself a personal challenge and - of course - one that would benefit MTV Staying Alive.  However... unless someone wants to donate £1,000,000* to the charity, I won't be jumping out of a plane, or running a marathon.  I am willing, however, to walk... up hills, down hills, through the night and on repeat.  So this is the challenge: scale the 5 tallest peaks in England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland & Ireland... in 3 days (or 2 1/2 days to be precise).  No hotels in between, you sleep on the mini-bus as you travel between the peaks at night.  

And, despite my one replaced hip, one patched-up hip and one patched-up knee, I will be marching to the top of the peaks & back with an enormous grin on my face, knowing that because of your generous sponsorship matched with my spirit of adventure, I will be raising money to help ensure that MTV Staying Alive can continue to do its brilliant work, of storytelling to save lives, through MTV Shuga.  Does our work matter?  Yes it does - the World Bank's evaluation shows that young people who watch MTV Shuga are twice as likely to get tested for HIV; and we saw chlamydia rates among young women drop by 58% among MTV Shuga viewers (I can send you the report if you're interested in reading more). 

So, thank you in advance for your generosity - every penny counts (and Viacom are generously sponsoring all costs)!  But if you need any more incentive to help you decide how much to sponsor me, here's some ideas...
- If you donate £25, I'll give you a personal shout-out to you on my instagram feed when I'm at the top of one of the peaks.
- If you donate £40, I'll write your personal 'sponsorship' message on my t-shirt (no rude words please!).
- If you donate £50, I'll bake you one of my infamous breads.
- If you donate £100, I'll paint your nails (fingers, not toes!) beautifully, and chat fabulous chat while I do so.
- If you donate £250, I'll bake you a whole basket of baked goods... muffins, breads & cinammon rolls.  And all will be baked with love!

* Finally, if you do actually want to donate £1,000,000 to MTV Staying Alive, I really will jump out of a plane!

Thank you, thank you, thank you.  I'm in training (does eating a lot count as training?) and I will not let you down.

With love, respect and thanks,

Georgia