A warm
hello to all of our friends in our first newsletter of 2012!
2012
is very much a year of firsts and milestones for the Selvin and Friends
Foundation and we are thrilled that we are able to share them with you.
Selvin
turns 1!
March saw us reach a pretty big milestone when we celebrated our
first birthday! When we look back at our first year, from the hundreds of miles
we have run, to not only reaching our £1000 fundraising target, but nearly
tripling it, we are hugely proud of what we have been able to achieve.
More importantly, we couldn’t have done any of this without the
support for our friends and family so a huge THANK YOU from
us to you.
Selvin’s Super Sunday
Selvin’s Super Sunday
We marked our first birthday by holding two fundraising events on
Sunday 25th March, aptly titled
‘Selvin’s Super Sunday.’
Vicki headed to Lisbon to take part in the Half Marathon along
with 29,999 other runners. As you can imagine, it was a bit of a free for all
trying to get over the start line! Scorching hot weather and injuries made the
run a little more difficult than the cold and drizzly weather we usually have
here in England but Vicki managed to complete the run and made a photo diary of
the event which can be seen on our blog at www.selvin.org.uk.
We were hugely honored to have five amazing girls take part in our
first Selvin Swimathon at Flitwick Leisure centre. The girls set themselves the
challenge of completing as many lengths as possible in an hour and completed a
staggering 109 lengths. What an incredible achievement! A wonderful crowd of
family and friends, who also held a cake sale to raise funds for Selvin,
cheered the girls on.
Huge thanks to Aimee Titheradge, Anya Corvesor, Emma Larner,
Kathleen Renwick and Molly Gough whose amazing efforts raised £450! Also a huge
thank you to Ali and Pat Conway for all of their hard work and determination in
making this event happen, it really is beyond appreciated!
From
Schools, For Schools!
At the end of last year we decided that 2012 would be the year we
launched our ‘From Schools, For Schools’ campaign where we hoped to attract
schools in the UK to support and raise money for their peers in Central America.
After the many hours Stu spent making a video presentation for the
schools, we were delighted to hear that Parkfields Middle School were prepared
to support us by naming us as their charity for the January – April term (we
must say a huge thank
you at this point to Parkfields teacher Claire MacGregor, our contact at the
school and Stu’s in-law!).
Over the 14 weeks that Selvin was supported at Parkfields the
pupils found new and exciting ways to raise funds, alongside some tried and
tested methods of fundraising. Backed by a supporting faculty, the pupils
demonstrated their enthusiasm for our project in astronomical measures.
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A taster of the events that have taken place at the school
include; non uniform days, pancake sales, cake sales, sponsored music events,
sponsored silence events (with pupils only interacting via a whiteboard all
day) and movie evenings.
During a movie evening, one of the final events that took place
last term, Stu took great pride in passing on our thanks to over 90 pupils from
years 5 and 6 who had made, not just that event, but the whole campaign a big
success.
In fact, the pupils of Parkfields demonstrated such amazing
dedication to Selvin’s cause; the swimathon was actually completed by pupils
from Parkfields! It was fantastic to know that they were not only keen to
support us during school time but were prepared to go that extra mile and
support us in their own time.
As a result of the hard work put in by everyone at Parkfields,
they have raised an amazing £1641!
We really are delighted by Parkfields extraordinary efforts and
everybody, from the staff to every single pupil, can be extremely proud of
their achievements.
Dates for
Your Selvin Diary
1. 21st – 31st July –
Guatemala Visit
The flights have been booked! We are officially heading to
Guatemala in July to deliver much needed school equipment.
During our time in Central America we will be spending a day at
each of the schools in San Andrés Itzapa and Santa María de Jesús delivering
the school equipment that they have told us they need the most. We will also
spend two days taking on a 48-hour fundraising trek, climbing over two active
volcanoes! We will be taking a huge number of photo’s to share our experience
with you and hope to have a photo and video gallery up on the website later
this year showing you the real difference your donations can make.
We feel it is important to say that every part of our trip, from
flights and accommodation to the day-to-day costs have been paid for
personally.100% of our funds are used to
buy school materials only.
2. 26th – 27th July –
Volcano Challenge
Stu and Vicki, along with some friends of Selvin, will attempt to
climb two of the volcanoes that surround the town of Antigua, which are closely
located to the two schools we will be visiting.
3. 22nd September - The London Triathlon
Vicki will be taking on another challenge as she attempts to run,
cycle and swim her way to the finish line.
Don’t
stop me now!
We want to say one more huge thank you to all of our friends and
family who have so generously supported us. We have currently raised a whopping
£4964.05, which will make such a massive difference to the schools we are
supporting.
And
Finally...
You can keep up to date with Selvin news by visiting the website
www.selvin.org.uk, by following us on Twitter (@selvin_charity) or by liking
our Facebook page.
Gracias amigos de Selvin
Vicki and Stu
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