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MCB's 100km Charity Walk
Posted by: Web master, 08 February, 2012 in General News
Hey Everyone!!
Talk about a challenge!
On the weekend of 20-22 April 2012, myself and three team mates will be walking 100km to raise money and awareness for Oxfam Australia. The event is Oxfam Trailwalker Melbourne 2012. It begins at Jells Park in Wheelers Hill, passes through the stunning Dandenong Ranges, and finishes at Wesburn Park in the Yarra Valley.
Teams of four enter this event and have 48 hours to walk or run the 100km trail, although our team is hoping to finish in under 24 hours. It’s very likely that we’ll walk through the night (with little or no sleep) until the end. Hopefully none of us start sleep walking! The event raises vital funds for Oxfam Australia. Oxfam is an independent, secular, non-government organisation working in more than 28 countries and Indigenous Australia.
My team The Cogs is hoping to raise well over $1000 to help some of the world’s poorest people. Our fundraising enables Oxfam to continue its work delivering projects that support orphans and people affected by HIV and AIDS in Southern Africa, that educate people in Laos on efficient farming techniques and that improve Indigenous health and well being in regional Australia.
My Oxfam Trailwalker team, Shane Davin, Chris Koerntjes, Lara Czarnota-Bojarski and I will be going the distance and hope that you can support us in this massive challenge. Please consider how you may be able to get behind us, either by sponsoring us directly or referring us to others. If you would like to sponsor us please follow the link: http://trailwalker.oxfam.org.au/Melbourne/teams/team/?team_id=11282
The work that Oxfam does is vital to so many people worldwide and 100km is a long way to walk! But putting ourselves through months of intense training to walk 100km is worth it for the impact our fundraising has on others through Oxfam Australia’s programs.
We ask you to please give generously if you can and consider how your donation can make a real difference.
And don't forget that whatever you donate (over $2) is tax deductible.
Thank you!
Cheers!
Matthew Czarnota-Bojarski
