More Miles and Leaflets Done!

Hi,

 

This week, over 200 miles have been done on the bikes and running. On Saturday, Jack, Dad and I rode just over 43 miles, which totalled to 131.4 miles, so a lot for one day! This ride was the same one that Dad broke his wrist on, exactly one year ago, so it was good not to be in A&E this year! This morning me and Mum ran 8.4 miles in training for the Great South Run, which was pretty tough but more miles under the belt! So far, we've done just under 620 miles, so more than the monthly average, but we need to because in winter the mileage will drop off.

 

My leaflets were also printed this week and look amazing! Thanks again to Denise for doing them for me! Here's a picture of the finished leaflet.

 

 

 

Now that the leaflets are all done, I can start sending out letters to charitable trusts and other organisations, so this will be done this week. My letter to Castlepoint, to organise the last 500 miles of our Colehill to Tegucigalpa bike ride, will be sent out tomorrow. I also found out the my school has a travel bursary, so I have written a letter and will hand it in to the headmaster tomorrow morning, and hopefully get a bit of money. I'm also hoping for a bit of money from a non-uniform day at school in the next few months.

 

Thanks for reading,

 

Sam



Leaflets and Trusts

Hi,

This week I have done a fair bit towards fundraising and also loads of miles on the bike and running!

On Saturday morning, I went to Denise, our neighbours, house, and she, luckily, is a professional leaflet/brochure designer! She helped me to design my leaflets which I have now pretty much completed, with her help. The leaflets look so much better than when I originally did them, and they should be printed quite soon, ready to give out!

In the afternoon, I went to Poole Library to research charitable trusts, which although it took a while and was a bit tiresome, it was worth it (I hope!) because I got a fair number of trusts to write to, and hopefully get positive responses!

We have done quite a bit of our cycle/run to Honduras, including runs from me and mum, bike rides from all of us and time spent on the turbo trainer. Luke has just done 5.5 miles to take our 'distance to Tegucigalpa' down to 4999.9 miles, so less than 5000 to go! Thanks to the family who have helped me so far!

I had the idea to hold the final day of our distance to Honduras on static bikes at Castlepoint shopping centre, so have drafted a letter to the manager and will send it off when the leaflets are done. On this day, we will cover 500 miles between the five of us, and to be able to do this we need to average 530 miles each month up until the end of May, when I hope this event will be held.

I had my first donation from a guy at school called James, so thanks very much if you read this!

Today, Aunty Niks came round our house and very kindly gave me a donation of £526.50 (the distance of our bike ride is 5265 miles, so a good number!), which was greatly appreciated, thanks Niks!!!

I went back to school on Friday and start properly tomorrow, so the miles per week will probably not be as high as 265 miles, but it's a great start!

Thanks

Sam

And so it begins...

In March 2013, a Project Trust returned volunteer came into my school and planted the idea of a gap year into my head, so I took home a leaflet and signed up online straight away!

Then, on August 19th until the 23rd, I attended a selection course on the tiny island of Coll in Scotland. During the week, I had to give presentations, hike up a hill and dig some potato beds, and much more! I had a great time on Coll and had so much fun with all the other hopeful volunteers, and was sad to have to return back to the mainland!

A week later, on Saturday 31st August, I got home from a further week spent in Scotland with my family, doing things like  riding our bikes and climbing Ben Nevis! The letter was on the doormat, and I was excited yet nervous to open it!

When I opened it, it said that I had been selected to spend 12 months teaching in Honduras!!! I was so happy and excited to start fundraising the £5600 needed to fund my year.

So, my main sponsored event to help raise the money is going to be a cycle/run covering the distance from Colehill, where I live, to Tegucigalpa, the capital of Honduras, with my family, a total of 5265 miles. I will complete this before I leave next August, and even though it will be hard, it is definitely doable and I hope to raise money through this as well as other means such as cake sales and quiz nights!!

Today, we kicked off the ride with 25 miles from me and mum, so we're on the way, only 5240 miles to go!!!

Thanks for reading...

Sam