Addicted to fundraising -
Jenine’s London marathon story By Jenine Hughes
support has been provide by local supermarkets and restaurants that have kindly and generously donated ingredients and meal vouchers to help me bake delicious treats and provide raffles prizes – thank you!
I am currently in my fifth week of official London Marathon training. I have never run so much in all my life; it has been (mostly) brill. I have been keeping up to date with my training on Instagram and Twitter (@jeninebedoo); follow me to show support, to help keep me motivated, or
It has been roughly two months since my application was accepted to run the 2017 London Marathon. I will be raising money for NewLink Wales, a local substance misuse and wellbeing charity.
Well, what a month or so it has been. I began fundraising two days before Christmas and have already raised over £800. I cannot quite believe the amount of support that I have received from friends, family, work colleagues, and complete strangers.
I have never been involved with fundraising before, but I am already an absolute enthusiast. I dream about it, I talk about it; I cannot stop thinking about it.
I am currently living and breathing fundraising
and running, that is it. The next stage is going to be the most difficult as it will involve more than just sharing a link or a text code via social media and email.
I am definitely excited for the next few
months as I will be planning events such as bake sales, raffles, coffee mornings and even hosting a Forever Living party, thanks to a colleague. These events will not only test my organisational skills, but my baking skills as well, (I make a mean shortbread). To make all this possible, further
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just for a laugh. Knowing that there are people following my progress has really helped keep me on track, (although there has, and will be a few blips along the way).
My fundraising target is £2000. I am completely
confident that I will get there, but it cannot, and will not be achieved without external support. I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone for their donations, well wishes and good lucks; it really has been overwhelming.
I would also like to
say thank you for reading my first ever article, I never thought I would be a published writer.
To read more about my marathon journey:
https://www.newlinkwales.org.uk/blog/london- marathon-2017 Twitter and Instagram: @jeninebedoo.
To donate:
http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/Jenine Text JENH26 £5 to 70070.
For more information on NewLink Wales and the wonderful work they do, visit their website
www.newlinkwales.org.uk
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