On 1 October, two months after setting off for the rain soaked mountains of Iceland, three final donations brought my total up to the £3100 target I'd set out to reach a year ago.
Two big events, sponsorship from countless generous friends, relatives and colleagues, a beauty sale and a gruelling 100km slog through Iceland; it's been a brilliant experience, particularly reaching that final goal and realising just how well Macmillan would spend that money.
I can say no more than a huge, huge thank you to everyone who sponsored me, came to an event or bothered to read about my Icecapades.
Monday, 19 October 2009
A little help from the beautiful ones
With only £600 to the final total I was contemplating lots of ways to raise the remaining funds, a cake sale, rattling a tin on the street, selling a day's holiday at work. But combined with a ridiculous work schedule as we set about relaunching the Macmillan website, the goal to reach £3100 before the end of September seemed just out of reach.
Recalling the wise words of those fundraisers who've come before me, I figured a little networking and reliance on old colleagues and friends couldn't hurt, and I managed to convince my flatmate (and ex-colleague) to hold a beauty sale at her office in aid of Macmillan. Now the fact that I used to work at one of the most glamorous publishing houses in the country certainly paid off, as the lovely girls at Conde Nast managed to buy up £545 worth of beauty products, all in the name of charity, bringing me just £34 off my target!
The moral of the story: go through your contact book and ask everyone you know to help if they can, you'll be amazed at what you might find and just how amazingly fabulous old friends and colleagues can be- thanks girls!
Recalling the wise words of those fundraisers who've come before me, I figured a little networking and reliance on old colleagues and friends couldn't hurt, and I managed to convince my flatmate (and ex-colleague) to hold a beauty sale at her office in aid of Macmillan. Now the fact that I used to work at one of the most glamorous publishing houses in the country certainly paid off, as the lovely girls at Conde Nast managed to buy up £545 worth of beauty products, all in the name of charity, bringing me just £34 off my target!
The moral of the story: go through your contact book and ask everyone you know to help if they can, you'll be amazed at what you might find and just how amazingly fabulous old friends and colleagues can be- thanks girls!
Macmillan Music hits The Queen's Head
So I admit... I've been bad with writing the rest of my blog- after the excitement of Iceland and my final big event, I lost the momentum slightly. It's been a long stretch, but the sense of achievement is worth it in the end. One word of advice to anyone thinking of doing this sort of thing- it's easier to fundraise before you go away rather than afterwards.
But back to the gig that I held in August. With £1000 left to raise I was hoping this event would break the back of it all, and thanks to the help of lots of fabulous people it certainly helped, raising over £440.
Firstly huge thanks to:
Jack J, Ana, Sharon, Eva, Pete, Folu, the bands and DJs on the night- Andrew Balkwill, Super Tennis, Zoo for You and Phoebe and Anna-Marie, the guys at the venue and lastly all those fantastic people who came along on the night. The room was packed out and the petty cash box overflowing.
In the few moments before the gig began I don't think I've ever felt so nervous, which wasn't exactly alleviated by the fact that the event (and unphotogenic old me)were being filmed for Leapanywhere.com (if you fancy a giggle you can see my attempts at stardom here: http://www.leapanywhere.com/media/show/1333).
But soon enough the room filled up and Andrew and his band took to the stage, wooing the crowd with simple jazz melodies and catchy riffs. Next came crowd pleasers Zoo for You, an eight piece afro-funk band with punchy brass section and at least two encores. The final live act was indie three piece, Super Tennis, already tipped for the top by NME magazine. Finally Phoebe and Anna-Marie rounded the evening off on the decks, with crowd-pleasing retro tunes.
A massively fun, if daunting night, a little part of me was pretty proud of what we'd all accomplished - so a huge thank you to everyone that helped out before and during the event.
But back to the gig that I held in August. With £1000 left to raise I was hoping this event would break the back of it all, and thanks to the help of lots of fabulous people it certainly helped, raising over £440.
Firstly huge thanks to:
Jack J, Ana, Sharon, Eva, Pete, Folu, the bands and DJs on the night- Andrew Balkwill, Super Tennis, Zoo for You and Phoebe and Anna-Marie, the guys at the venue and lastly all those fantastic people who came along on the night. The room was packed out and the petty cash box overflowing.
In the few moments before the gig began I don't think I've ever felt so nervous, which wasn't exactly alleviated by the fact that the event (and unphotogenic old me)were being filmed for Leapanywhere.com (if you fancy a giggle you can see my attempts at stardom here: http://www.leapanywhere.com/media/show/1333).
But soon enough the room filled up and Andrew and his band took to the stage, wooing the crowd with simple jazz melodies and catchy riffs. Next came crowd pleasers Zoo for You, an eight piece afro-funk band with punchy brass section and at least two encores. The final live act was indie three piece, Super Tennis, already tipped for the top by NME magazine. Finally Phoebe and Anna-Marie rounded the evening off on the decks, with crowd-pleasing retro tunes.
A massively fun, if daunting night, a little part of me was pretty proud of what we'd all accomplished - so a huge thank you to everyone that helped out before and during the event.
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