Raising funds for the Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital - Cape Town, South Africa

In 2009 my young grandson, Tristan, suffered burns to his upper body and was treated in the phenomenal Burns Unit at the Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital in Cape Town. It was an extremely traumatising experience for us all and introduced us to the reality faced by so many sick children and their families who have to deal with this kind of trauma.

We are so grateful for the wonderful care and support Tristan received at the Hospital from doctors and medical staff that we decided, as a family, that it would be fitting for us to be able to give back in some way. I’ve therefore committed to climb Mount Kilimanjaro in July 2010 and will attempt to raise much needed funds for the Hospital.

100% of money I raise will be allocated directly to upgrade the Burns Unit - every cent donated to the Hospital Trust will directly benefit the Hospital.

Ultimately, the purpose of this project is to raise funds for an extremely deserving cause. I have given a personal guarantee to match the amount I must raise in sponsorships in the form of financial donations to the Trust.

I am very excited about being able to make a difference and sincerely hope you will be able to come on board with me in helping to get other sick children back home where they belong!



This is how you can get involved....

DONATE A SKILL

If you have a skill that you would like to 'donate' instead of money, this slot is for you.

I will create an event around what you have to offer and 100% of what people pay to attend will be donated to the hospital.

The hair spa day held in March at the Wayne.com salon at the One and Only Hotel is an example of such an event. We were able to raise R5250 on that day.

PLEDGES

Kilimanjaro is 5895m high. You can decide to pledge a certain amount per meter that I climb. You can email your pledges to me at: ferreira@netpoint.co.za OR you can download a pledge page from the section on the right of this page and fax it to me.

If you can't pledge yourself, how about getting your company to pledge and to perhaps even challenge other companies to match or better their pledge!!

DONATE ONLINE OR BY BANK DEPOSIT

On the right hand side of the blog, near the top, there is a section that includes a direct link to the hospital's website.

Read all the directions before clicking on the link, it is important for the hospital to be able to allocate your donation correctly.

The hospital trust will issue a tax certificate for any donation over R100, so that's an extra bonus for both individuals and companies!

AUCTION

I am currently collecting goods to offer on an auction to be held later this year - anything that we can turn into money is welcome!

Just to give you a sample of some of the things we have at this stage: three TOP NOTCH bottles of South African wines, compliments of Janet Malherbe, and five signed copies of a book written by the adventurer and master fundraiser David Grier!

For more info on David: http://www.davidgrier.co.za/

I'd love to be able to offer nights away at wonderful places in our country, romantic dinners at special restaurants etc. So if you have any connections or have something that you can offer yourself, I'd love to hear from you!

Just to make double sure you have my contact details - here it is again: ferreira@netpoint.co.za





Tristan enjoying being a healthy, happy little boy!


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Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Hope this will be me soon!!


Bev and her friends on top of the world!

Finally! I've had the opportunity to chat to someone who has actually climbed the mountain... Bev Sunshine (pictured here in the middle) tackled the Machame route a couple of years ago with eight of her friends in support of the SA Bone Marrow Registry.

I will be climbing the same route, so it has really been wonderful chatting to her and getting loads of advice. To top it all, they shot a video of the entire trip which I'll be able to watch within the next few days. They all made it to the top, so I'm definitely plan on following all her tips and suggestions!

The only thing that can stop me now will be altitude sickness and I've made peace with the fact that there will be absolutely nothing I can do about that if it hits me really bad. You simply do not know what your body is going to do at altitude and as I am climbing with a really reputable company, if they say turn back, well then that is what I'll have to do.

If you haven't read the older posts, I'll be climbing with a company called Wild Frontiers. They are recommended by Cape Union Mart and have taken hundreds of people to the top of Kili, so I'm pretty confident that I made the right choice.

As for the hiking, last Thursday we climbed the Jonkershoek Mountains outside of Stellenbosch. It was lovely out there but we could definitely feel the winter chill in the air! I still can't believe that it's taken me this long to start hiking, every week we visit yet another BEAUTIFUL spot - we really do live in a wonderful part of the world! Just a pity that some of the routes, especially on Table Mountain, have now also been discovered by the muggers of our society.

Just last weekend two people were mugged on the route from the lower cable station to Rhodes Memorial - it just makes one so angry!

Anyway - good thoughts only... All's going to be well and next I'll tell you about my talk the other night - the Outriders Cycling Club have joined this fundraising effort 100% - what an amazing group of people!!

Here are some of the pics I took at Jonkershoek last Thursday - I hope it inspires you to put on your boots and get out there, who knows, you might discover a new passion, just like I did!













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