As you probably know, New Zealand's second largest city, Christchurch, was devastated by a 6.3 earthquake at lunchtime on Tuesday 22 February 2011. There have been at least 113 fatalities and two days later over 200 people are still missing.
Kiwis out of Christchurch and people around the world want to know how they can help, and the answer's short. With money. But we all want to feel like we're doing more than just typing our credit card numbers into a box and clicking submit. So, Mike, Pip, Kate, Phil and I thought we'd go for a run. Wearing red and black, to show the people of Canterbury we love them. And we'd like you to join us for our virtual fun run. Wherever you are.
If you’d like to participate, just follow these easy steps:
•make a donation of as little as $5 at our fundraising page •follow us on twitter!
•tell the world you’re in. Share the love on Twitter, Facebook, your blog, whatever. Use the #run4chch hashtag
•on the 12th or 13th of March, pop your red and black on, and hit the streets, or the pavements, or the trails, or wherever it is you run
•send us a link to your race report, and we’ll post it on our blog
We’re hoping to get at least 100 entries, so please, please share this with everyone you know!
For more information
http://www.fundraiseonline.co.nz/run4chch/
https://twitter.com/#!/Run4CHCH use the hashtag #run4chch
http://run4chch.wordpress.com/
2 comments:
pip - the London contingent is reporting for duty!
http://www.sasmagicalmysterytour.com/2011/02/run-for-christchurch/
xxx
Hi Pip, thanks for de-lurking! :)
This is such an awesome idea and I'll be joining in for sure. I'll also be spreading the word at my workplace as well as blogging, emailing and Facebooking about it, so hopefully I can persuade a lot more people to run.
Blog post coming up in the next couple of days!
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