Dear friends,
The latest news from Selvin HQ
Things may have been a little quiet on the Selvin front of late, but rest assure we have been busy training, completing events and fundraising in order to provide those much needed teaching materials to schools in Central America.
Going the 'extra mile' for Selvin
Over the past few months, a number of fundraising events have been completed to rack up those extra miles, and raise vital funds for Selvin:
Virgin London Marathon 2013
Following months of training over the cold and dark winter months, Vicki took on her biggest challenge of the year, the London Marathon.
Despite her apprehension, and nerves, she completed the course in 5 hours and 22 minutes, beating her personal best by 5 minutes, and was cheered around the course by some amazing friends and family.
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She also raised over £900 for Selvin,
90% of our annual fundraising target,
thanks to your incredible support!
The latest news from Selvin HQ
Things may have been a little quiet on the Selvin front of late, but rest assure we have been busy training, completing events and fundraising in order to provide those much needed teaching materials to schools in Central America.
Going the 'extra mile' for Selvin
Over the past few months, a number of fundraising events have been completed to rack up those extra miles, and raise vital funds for Selvin:
Virgin London Marathon 2013
Following months of training over the cold and dark winter months, Vicki took on her biggest challenge of the year, the London Marathon.
Despite her apprehension, and nerves, she completed the course in 5 hours and 22 minutes, beating her personal best by 5 minutes, and was cheered around the course by some amazing friends and family.
Its safe to say that her marathon days are over, and she has hung up her long distance running shoes. Although she did say that last time as well...
BUPA 10,000
Following on from the London Marathon, and perhaps posing a far more ‘leg friendly’ prospect, Vicki completed the BUPA 10,000 along London's embankment. A huge number of runners made for a great atmosphere, and with a finish line in the exact same place as the marathon, Vicki thankfully reached it much sooner than the month before!
The Virgin Triathlon
Vicki’s final fundraising event of the year
was of the swim, bike and run variety.
Open water swimming remains her least
favorite thing, and this year had the added
bonus of swimming against the current. If you
haven’t tried it, she doesn’t recommend it! That
said, there is a real team spirit every step of the
way, which definitely helps while you are in the
water.
In comparison to the swim, the bike and the run are a breeze, and knowing you have completed the hardest part of the event is definitely a massive help mentally.
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Seeing the finish line was beyond welcomed! And with that, Vicki has completed her four main fundraising events for the year, and she couldn’t have done them for a worthier cause!
In comparison to the swim, the bike and the run are a breeze, and knowing you have completed the hardest part of the event is definitely a massive help mentally.
Seeing the finish line was beyond welcomed! And with that, Vicki has completed her four main fundraising events for the year, and she couldn’t have done them for a worthier cause!
She now plans to take six months off
to rest and recuperate, as quite frankly,
her legs need a bit of a break!
However I am sure she’ll be coaxed
into undertaking new challenges in
2014!
Selvin's first sailing challange
One of Vicki’s colleagues, Anna, kindly chose to support Selvin when undertaking her first sailing challenge, the Fastnet Race, racing 608 nautical miles.
Unbelievably, Anna first set foot on a yacht in May this year, and not only has she now learnt to sail, she completed the race in an amazing 3 days 15 hours and 32 minutes.
Some 397 boats started the race, and in Anna’s class of 73 boats, the team came in at a hugely impressive 20th.
Anna’s courageous effort’s raised over £500 for Selvin. Thank you to Anna and everyone who sponsored her, your donations will make such a big difference to the schools we are supporting.
Charity of the year
Selvin has been chosen as Vicki’s workplaces’ ‘Charity of the Year’ for 2013.
During a recent celebration event, we created a picture board which tells the
story of us.
This gave us the perfect opportunity to create awareness of what we hope to achieve, and we also received over £100 in donations, not bad for a lunchtime!
Thank you to Vicki’s colleagues for being extremely supportive, both in terms of nominating Selvin to be charity of the year, and their kind donations.
If any of our friends have ‘Charity of the Year’ at their work place and would like to put Selvin forward for this scheme, please do not hesitate to contact Stu or Vicki for any support or promotional materials.
Selvin in action
To see how your donations make a huge difference to the schools we support, and the children who attend them, click here!
And finally...
Thank you. We know we say it alot, but thats not to say we mean it less each time we say it. We couldn’t achieve any of this without your unwavering support.
Gracias amigos de Selvin
Vicki and Stu
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