As its just over 6 weeks until I do the marathon, its time to mass email my friends and family in order to ask for sponsorship. I’ve decided to post the email I’ve sent out here too so that I can link to it from Twitter and Facebook. Every little helps right?
Dear Family and Friends,
As most of you may know, I have been training since September for the London Marathon which I will be doing in just over 6 weeks time (eek!) on the 21st April. Gemma thinks I am completely mad (I’m inclined to agree) especially as the state of my knees means that I will be walking the Marathon rather than running it, which will take me over 7 3/4 hours!!! I might *just* finish in time to get a medal and an official time, but thats not why I’m doing it.
The reason that I’m doing this mad challenge is to raise money for the HEAL Project in Zambia (
www.healprojectzambia.org.uk) which helps both children and adults affected by HIV/Aids. The project helps to educate, feed and house them, and includes a house where 30 children with AIDs are cared for and given medication, a school with 350 children, and a vocational school for adults where they learn carpentry and sewing. My cousin established the charity and my family helps to run it so we know that any money you donate will go directly to the project as there are no administration costs.
For example your donation could help like this:
£10 provides a bag of Meali Meal to feed 350 children at school for one week
£20 provides a bag of Rice to feed 350 children at school for one week
£50 provides a 90 Kg bag of beans to feed 350 children at school for a month
£70 provides 90 Kg of Capenta dried fish to feed 350 children at school for a month
£65 pays for a general worker at the school a month
£150 pays for one teacher for a month (there are 7 at the school)
£600 provides for food for both the house and school for a month.
For those that have already sponsored me – thank you, I’m very grateful! If you have not yet sponsored me but would like to, please go to www.justgiving.com/Sturtridge-London-Marathon or contact me direct for a sponsorship form. Please feel free to forward this email onto your friends and family as well as it all helps. Your support means a lot to the Project and also to me – this weekend I will be walking 21.5 miles which will be quite tough so please help me make the hard training worthwhile!!!
Thank you in advance!
Caroline