I have a vested interest in Christ Church School in Ware. This is the school my daughter attends, and hopefully, my son when he is old enough. After reading about the cuts to be imposed on the school, I made contact with the Head Teacher. The idea was for me to run a marathon and hopefully raise funds for a project they had been looking to start.
The project chosen was to start a blog so the children and teachers show the parents and friends what they have been doing over the course of the year. The money raised would go towards acquiring new digital cameras for the classrooms. This seemed like an achievable target.
Well here we are, I have had a running top designed by a local company, KitUOut, and a t-shirt for the school to display. The design is below:
The sponsorship form can be downloaded HERE, so it is just down to me to run the marathon, and for family and friends of the pupils to dig deep and donate whatever they can afford. An update to this will be posted after the event.
Its fantastic your running for the school (my child goes there). I'll be thinking of you when your running and I'm in my comfy armchair! I'll add my name to the sponsorship form when it out.
ReplyDeleteHi Kate, sponsorship forms should be coming out shortly. If you send me your address I can forward you a copy if you like. Oh and thanks for the support.
ReplyDeleteSimon
ReplyDeleteIs there a link to the sponsorship form we can put on the school blog and also a copy of the t-shirt design with a bit of info about how it was designed. I am in McKee if you want to pop in and let me know.
Jacqui Matthews
What a great idea, well done you and good luck with the run. Gosh hope youve not got to run to Eden to start it!! Let us know when the form is out. Have you thought about linking the justgiving website? My kids will no doubt benefit from this so thank you.
ReplyDeleteJulie
Hi Jacqui,
ReplyDeleteI have asked for the files to be sent to you.
Thanks for the support Julie. As for the Justgiving website, the PSA are handling all the sponsorship money direct.
ReplyDeleteHi there! great stuff here, I'm glad that I drop by your page and found this very interesting. Thanks for sharing, hoping to read something like this in the future!
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