I am back with another update on my fundraising efforts. It has been a busy few months since I last posted and I feel I should update you all with where I am at. Since August there have been a lot of changes so here are just a few:
- I have completed my internship with Macmillan Cancer Support - a FANTASTIC experience! It was brilliant working with such a fantastic team in the West of Scotland and I was sad to see the end of my 3 months. But I am now moving on to other exciting things! I have just started my new job at Alzheimer Scotland as the regional fundraiser for Glasgow, East Dunbartonshire and Lanarkshire. This is a new challenge and I am so excited to be part of such a great organisation doing what I enjoy the most.
- Due to the busy period that comes with preparing for and starting a new job, my fundraising has been rather limited. I am getting quite concerned about reaching my total if I am honest! I am slowly collecting lots of items to sell online to raise money for the trek, as well as making bunting, crafts and my favourite - reindeer dust! (More details to be announced shortly!). To try and boost my fundraising as much as possible I have also set up a Text to Donate number. This is an easy, fast and simple way to sponsor me for my Brazil Trek. All you have to do is text LEJS92 with your donation to 70070. E.g. LEJS £5 to 70070.
- I have set up a Facebook page for my trek too! The link is here: https://www.facebook.com/sendlauratobrazil I'll be posting all my updates on there, as well as links to interesting articles, videos and pictures that relate to my cause. Feel free to like the page and share wherever you can.
- I am in the final stages of writing my letters to family, friends and corporate links to ask for donations. I will be sending these out in the next few weeks so hopefully my total will start to increase.
- I completed the Great Scottish Run 10k! This was TOUGH. After running 4 half marathons over the last few years I was slightly disappointed with myself that I did not manage to achieve the half here in Glasgow. However, my training was not as intense as it should have been so I was very grateful on the day to only be running 10k! It has inspired me to get back to the gym and get working even harder to prepare for Brazil 2015. You can still sponsor me for the run on my Brazil 2015 sponsorship page: https://www.justgiving.com/sendlauratobrazil/ Below are a few pictures from the day.
Before
After - a wee bit pink!
So that is just a brief overview of everything that is going on in my world of fundraising for my Brazil trek! If you have any ideas for ways I could fundraise, if you would like to help out, or if you have any contacts that you think would be useful then please let me know. Any help will be greatly appreciated. I am in the planning process of a bucket collection in the West End of Glasgow so if anybody fancies giving up a few hours to help out - get in touch!!!
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