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Image Credit - Tahlia Jane |
This week Tahlia and her friends got up at dawn and headed to Canberra's Lake Burley Griffin with hundreds of other Canberrans for a 5km walk to raise awareness for Organ Donation. It's called the Gift of Life's DonateLife walk and is touted as Canberra's largest community activity in support of the DonateLife campaign.
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Gift of Life’s DonateLife Walk 2015 - Canberra |
Over the past two weeks I have watched as fellow bloggers and in-real-life friends have donated their time and energy to raising money for causes through exercise.
Cupid's Undie Run
Trish from "My Little Drummer Boys" is not only a cancer survivor herself but is always on the front line when it comes to participating in energetic events to raise much needed funds and awareness for the disease. She and her husband recently got their undies on for the Cupid's Undie Run to raise money for the Children's Tumor Foundation of Australia.
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Image Credit - Trish from My Little Drummer Boys |
Walk in Her Shoes
Another one of my bloggy pals, Em from "Have a Laugh on Me", is getting ready for the Walk in Her Shoes challenge in March where she needs to walk 50km in 7 days. You can read about it here.
Image Source - Have a Laugh on Me |
The Color Run
My niece Jess and her friend took part in the Color Run last weekend in the ACT. That's the one where you wear white and run 5km through four colour zones which spray you with pink, orange, blue and yellow (completely washable) paint. They call the Color Run the "happiest 5k on the planet". Happy for the participants ... not-so-happy for mum who has to wash the clothes afterwards.
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Jess (on the right) with her friend after the Color Run |
However, they DO support the work of the Global Citizen and promote that cause. Plus they work with local organisations within the cities the events take place in. So charities can definitely jump on board the Color Run bandwagon. As can individuals. You can sign up to a "Go Fundraise" page and let your friends know who you're raising money for. Another win/win.
Wild Women on Top Sydney Coastrek
My friend Kate has decided to sign up for the Wild Women on Top Sydney Coastrek where she'll walk 55km to end avoidable blindness by raising money for The Fred Hollows Foundation.
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Kate and I at a recent celebration |
All of these amazing people who are physically exerting themselves to raise money and awareness for others in our world is inspiring.
I also think that the event organisers are onto a good thing by challenging us to not just sit back and hand out cash, but actually get out there and push ourselves for the sake of our fellow human beings.
Exercise and charity - that's got to be a win/win!
I can feel the energy ... can you?
Gosh what a stunning photo of you that is Leanne! Thank you for featuring me and my little charity effort. Have a fabulous weekend x
ReplyDeleteGosh you look like a movie star in that picture! Just gorgeous! It is wonderful to see so many different and fun ways to raise money for charity these days. So much to choose from and so many ways to help.
ReplyDeleteI did a fun run once and raised money for a charity. Should do it again soon... Charity is so important.
ReplyDeleteI must admit that is one of the things I'm finding so inspiring about bloggers is all the charity work - go all these good things!
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