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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Will try and update on a regular basis!! :)

Wednesday, June 9, 2010

Table Talk support!

Grandma on a climbing mission for Children's Hospital

That was the title of the article that appeared in our local newspaper, the Table Talk, today! Two things really struck home - a) the 'grandma' is me and b) yes, I have to climb 5895m!!

I'm incredibly happy that the Table Talk has given us this exposure and hopefully our community will come on board in a big way. Pam Fourie, the reporter who wrote the article, was willing to take on the project immediately and she has covered the involvement of the Outriders Cycling club as well, thanks a mil Pam!

She has also appealed to anyone who has anything to offer for the auction planned for late this year to make contact with me - so watch this space!

Our local Remax agency has also produced a lovely brochure asking for support - the first pledge has already come in and money has been banked! Thank you once again Jeanne, Debra and Chantal for your incredible effort. Details of all the sponsors who have donated to the hospital along with Remax will appear on the blog soon. 

Last week we hiked the Newlands Forest and tomorrow we're heading down to Cape Point. We'll be doing a 10km hike in the reserve. Even though I visited the Cape Point Nature Reserve a million times as a tour guide, this will be my first hike in the reserve. Let's hope the baboons are in a good mood!

Pictures before the weekend!

Oh, and almost forgot.... the 3rd girl joining us on the climb next month will be down from Namibia this weekend! We're meeting up, hopefully on Saturday, so looking forward to that! We're going to be tackling a really big task together, so meeting up at least once before the time is something to look forward to.

Grandma has to leave home at 7am tomorrow, so better get some rest!  ;)

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