Hi everyone, and welcome to my fundraising page!
In case you didn't know, I will be competing in the NJ State Olympic Triathlon this summer. This will mean I will be swimming 1.5km in the Mercer Park lake, before hopping on my bike to cycle 40km before finishing with a 10km run - should be fun, right? As most of you will know, this isn't going to be easy for me, but there is a very important reason for me doing the triathlon, and this is where you guys come in.
Because, you see, I will be raising money in sponsorship for two very important charities: one in the UK and one in the US. You are currently on the US site but if you wish to donate on the UK site for the Motor Neurone Disease Association (or both!) then please visit my justgiving page here: http://www.justgiving.com/DWTri.
Here in the US I am raising money for KEEN New York, a charity I volunteer with which runs free sports clubs for mentally disabled children. It is a fantastic charity and one of very few who offer 1-on-1 supervision for free - that's right, it costs the child and their family absolutely nothing! As with most charities, more funding is always welcome, and the money raised here will help maintain the current level of activities (3 sports sessions every month in Manhattan, 3 in the Bronx and 1 swim session in Manhattan every month) as well as hopefully give the opportunity for KEEN to expand either in location or scope. You can find more information at
www.keennewyork.org
So please try and support me if you can, any amount you can donate will be very much appreciated.
As an added incentive, I will be holding a host of prize draws. To enter these draws you simply have to donate $15 or more, and mention the draw you wish to be entered into in the comment line of your donation. The current prize draws are as follows:
SPORTS: Signed photos of GB olympic rower Sir Steve Redgrave, signed photo of GB olympic cyclist Sir Chris Hoy, signed KEEN bag by US olympic rower Kate Mackenzie
BROADWAY: Signed Playbill by Broadway cast of Wicked (Dee Roscioli, Katie Rose Clarke, Tim Britten Parker, Rondi Reed, PJ Benjamin, Andy Karland, Jenny Fellner), signed Playbill by Broadway cast of Next To Normal (Alice Ripley, J Robert Spencer, Kyle Dean Massey, Jennifer Damiano, Adam Chanler-Berat, Louis Hobson, Michael Berry, Maghann Fahy, Jessica Phillips, Tim Young), signed Playbill by Broadway cast of Phantom of the Opera (cast list to come).
BOOK: Signed copy of Maskerade by Terry Pratchett
COMPUTER: Signed copy of Plants vs Zombies by PopCap Games
On top of all these prizes, I received an extra signed playbill by the cast of the Pulitzer Prize winner Next to Normal (thanks to the awesome Kyle Dean Massey) so anyone who donates will be entered into an extra draw to win this!
Keep checking back as hopefully the number of prizes will increase! I will be doing the drawing on August 15th, 3 weeks after the Triathlon so you have plenty of time to get your entries in!
That's all for now, please keep checking in to see how my progress is going.
David