Can Simon be teetotal for two months?

Simon Bird is raising money for Pebbles Project
“Simon Bird's fundraising”

on 14 October 2009

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The Pebbles Project Trust works to enrich the lives of disadvantaged children and families in the agricultural communities of the Western Cape in South Africa. We focus on the entire life of the child and the challenging circumstances in which they live in order to make a lasting difference.

Story

After 12 years of binge drinking (and an especially heavy last two months) I decided that maybe I should try being teetotal for a couple of months in order to give my liver, waist, wallet and sanity a bit of a rest.

 

An idle threat became reality when a mate made it in to a bet. It was shaken on, and so here we are...other people seemed willing to bet against me completing the two months without a drop of alcohol, so i thought it only fitting that I should try and raise some money for charity out of it.

Out of a short list of four charities (please do check them out)

Stepping Stones Nigeria

Pebbles Project

Medical Foundation for the care of victims of torture

Trans Tanz

I finally chose The Pebbles Project, because it is related to alcohol, it helps children and a guy I know at work is a Director, so hopefully all the money will be used wisely. The website will be a lot better than me at explaining the reasons behind the charity and where the money goes:  www.pebblesproject.co.za

If you don't want to donate, no worries, but if you could look at the charities mentioned above that would be great.

I've also set up a bit of a blog to keep tabs on how i'm getting on - http://2monthsteetotal.blogspot.com

Cheers

Simon

 

update - completed the challenge (5th October 2009 to 2.31pm on 5th December 2009) without a single drop of alcohol. not even rice wine in a stir fry, port in the gravy for bangers and mash, or even mouth wash!

 

 

 

Donation summary

Total
£815.00
+ £228.46 Gift Aid
Online
£815.00
Offline
£0.00

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