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Hi All,
I hope you are all well.
Myself and three work colleagues at Twente Express (Day Job) have signed up for the 2017 Snowdonia Charity Challenge which takes place on June 10th. http://www.actionforcharity.co.uk/eventdetailsnew2.php/urlsearch/Snowdonia-Charity-Challenge-2017
The challenge consists of a 40 mile cycle, climb Snowdon, and canoe Llyn Gwynant. This consists of 5 sectors.
1) Cycle 20 miles
2) Climb Snowdon and walk/run back down
3) Cycle 10 miles
4) Canoe Llyn Gwynant (across and back)
5) Cycle the final 10 miles
The charity that this event supports is Regain - The Trust For Sports Tetraplegics.
A bit about Regain.
Life can change in a second…
Regain is the only charitable organisation dedicated solely to improving the lives of men and women who have become tetraplegic in a sporting accident. One minute these people are fit, active and healthy, the next they are paralysed, unable to move and in need of support for the rest of their lives.
Regain supports these individuals by providing financial help to purchase a wide range of specialist equipment that enables them to become independent again. Regain also prides itself on encouraging tetraplegics to take part in sporting activities again and provides numerous grants every year for sports wheelchairs and hand cycles.
Case study – Steve Osborne
Steve Osborne, was paralysed from the chest down following a swimming accident at the age of 18. Prior to his accident Steve was a fit, active sportsmen with his life ahead of him. His injury was a devastating blow to someone who lived for sport.
Regain came into Steve’s life many years ago and initially provided him with a rugby wheelchair which enables him to compete in Wheelchair Rugby at the very highest level. Regain has also provided a specially adapted hand cycle. This has given Steve the opportunity to take part in several overseas cycling challenges over the years, allowing him to ‘give something back’ by raising sponsorship funds for the charity. His cycling exploits reached new heights in 2010 when he became the first Tetraplegic to complete the Snowdonia Charity Challenge. Team Stevie Wonder – consisting of eight able-bodied participants and Steve – completed the course in an amazing 8hrs 57mins! Steve used his hand cycle for the challenge and was assisted by his team-mates in a specially adapted wheelchair for the mountain section.
After completing the Snowdonia Charity Challenge Steve said: “I am
still here today because Regain helped me to play sport after my
accident – playing rugby and keeping fit has kept me going for all these years. Playing sport again after an injury saves your life in terms of health and well-being.”
We signed up yesterday and got onto creating our JustGiving page right away so that we can start fund raising. I have just this second finished the page so it is now up and running and awaiting its first donation.
We have so far managed to raise over £100 in 24 hours with the old school style sponsor sheets.
If you would like to donate to this amazing charity then we would very much appreciate it.
Link to our just giving page:
www.justgiving.com/fundraising/TeamTwente
Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving - they'll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they'll send your money directly to the charity. So it's the most efficient way to donate - saving time and cutting costs for the charity.
For any more info just let me know.
Regards
Ben
PS. I'm the guy in the bottom right of the picture on the JustGiving page.
PPS. Mods if this is not allowed please let me know and I will remove it.
Thanks
I hope you are all well.
Myself and three work colleagues at Twente Express (Day Job) have signed up for the 2017 Snowdonia Charity Challenge which takes place on June 10th. http://www.actionforcharity.co.uk/eventdetailsnew2.php/urlsearch/Snowdonia-Charity-Challenge-2017
The challenge consists of a 40 mile cycle, climb Snowdon, and canoe Llyn Gwynant. This consists of 5 sectors.
1) Cycle 20 miles
2) Climb Snowdon and walk/run back down
3) Cycle 10 miles
4) Canoe Llyn Gwynant (across and back)
5) Cycle the final 10 miles
The charity that this event supports is Regain - The Trust For Sports Tetraplegics.
A bit about Regain.
Life can change in a second…
Regain is the only charitable organisation dedicated solely to improving the lives of men and women who have become tetraplegic in a sporting accident. One minute these people are fit, active and healthy, the next they are paralysed, unable to move and in need of support for the rest of their lives.
Regain supports these individuals by providing financial help to purchase a wide range of specialist equipment that enables them to become independent again. Regain also prides itself on encouraging tetraplegics to take part in sporting activities again and provides numerous grants every year for sports wheelchairs and hand cycles.
Case study – Steve Osborne
Steve Osborne, was paralysed from the chest down following a swimming accident at the age of 18. Prior to his accident Steve was a fit, active sportsmen with his life ahead of him. His injury was a devastating blow to someone who lived for sport.
Regain came into Steve’s life many years ago and initially provided him with a rugby wheelchair which enables him to compete in Wheelchair Rugby at the very highest level. Regain has also provided a specially adapted hand cycle. This has given Steve the opportunity to take part in several overseas cycling challenges over the years, allowing him to ‘give something back’ by raising sponsorship funds for the charity. His cycling exploits reached new heights in 2010 when he became the first Tetraplegic to complete the Snowdonia Charity Challenge. Team Stevie Wonder – consisting of eight able-bodied participants and Steve – completed the course in an amazing 8hrs 57mins! Steve used his hand cycle for the challenge and was assisted by his team-mates in a specially adapted wheelchair for the mountain section.
After completing the Snowdonia Charity Challenge Steve said: “I am
still here today because Regain helped me to play sport after my
accident – playing rugby and keeping fit has kept me going for all these years. Playing sport again after an injury saves your life in terms of health and well-being.”
We signed up yesterday and got onto creating our JustGiving page right away so that we can start fund raising. I have just this second finished the page so it is now up and running and awaiting its first donation.
We have so far managed to raise over £100 in 24 hours with the old school style sponsor sheets.
If you would like to donate to this amazing charity then we would very much appreciate it.
Link to our just giving page:
www.justgiving.com/fundraising/TeamTwente
Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving - they'll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they'll send your money directly to the charity. So it's the most efficient way to donate - saving time and cutting costs for the charity.
For any more info just let me know.
Regards
Ben
PS. I'm the guy in the bottom right of the picture on the JustGiving page.
PPS. Mods if this is not allowed please let me know and I will remove it.
Thanks
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