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March 22, 2006
Four people, one team and one goal: 100km in 20 hours.
Run 100km?? Are you mad? Is that even possible?? These are the kind of things people say when we tell them we've entered a Greenpeace team into the 'Oxfam Trailwalker' - a 100km adventure race through the hills around Taupo to raise money for Oxfam.
Well as the name implies you don't have to run the whole thing - it is acceptable to walk some or all the course - and there is 36 hours to it in. So no we're not mad and yes it should be possible! Indeed we aim to finish in less than 20 hours. We think it's an excellent cause, a worthy challenge and weve put in the hard yards in the Waitakere ranges in preparation for the big day.
It is going to be challenging, but the cause is good and we reckon we up to it - especially with your support
The Greenpeace team includes our direct actions coordinator (Chris), our web guy (Nick), our fundraising extraordinaire (Amanda) and our climb team leader (Michael).
Every three seconds a child dies of poverty.
Were raising funds to help Oxfam save lives and alleviate suffering. In the 36 hours we have to complete the course, 43,200 infants will die from a completely preventable cause. This is the equivalent of every New Zealand toddler dieing in a single weekend.
At least 80% of all funds donated by you will go directly to Oxfam emergency, development and advocacy work to help some of the world's poorest people. The remainder is used to make that work possible.
And the more you give, the more the Government will give you back!
You may be able to reclaim the tax on your donation. This means that if you are intending to give a certain amount, you could think about adding 50% more since youll be refunded a large proportion anyway. You will receive a tax receipt which you can use to reclaim the difference.
For example, if you would like to make a donation of $36, please enter an amount for $52, and present the tax receipt to the Inland Revenue with your end of year tax rebate claim. The end result is that you have given just $36 but Oxfam receives $52 and could use this additional amount to provide seven school books so that those children have something to learn to read when they are at school.
Please click here to sponsor the Greenpeace team and help Oxfam fight the good fight
Posted by nick at March 22, 2006 5:24 PM