FUNDRAISING NEWS

Wello again

SO FAR:  £567.50

http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/JanetWillicott-160mile-desert-run

As I said, I am feeling guilty for not training tonight.... but still feeling sorry for myself........ what is getting me through the daunting and ridged training schedule, sore body and ice baths is firstly my son and the thought that I will not only help two charities, but the monies raised will go towards helping those who really really need it. 

Having been the recipient or rather my son being the recipient from the charity Brainwave, for the last 3 years, the monies are spent wisely and are used to fund special Occupational Therapists and or Speech and Language Therapists who help children like my son, to obtain or try to obtain a reasonable sense of a 'normal' life.  The NHS told me 5 years ago "your son will never amount to anything, give up now and accept it". 

One thing that gets on my nerves and what infuriates me the most is being told CAN'T - that just makes me will myself to do it, so for 2 years I researched and research and finally one day or rather one morning, in the wee early hours of the morning at 02:36am to be precise, I stumbled across Brainwave, and the rest as they say is history. 

Please see their website:

http://www.brainwave.org.uk/

My other choice for choosing charity was based on a variety of factors, it had to be a small, one who does more work with very little publications or acknowledgements, and it had to be around water, as I am currently working on a massive music concert event to raise funds for major water charities, plus water for me means "the life blood to sustain all life forms", without water, life cannot exist, yet the worlds governments spend zillions on discovering outer space, yet can't dam afford to plan into their budgets a cohesive way forward to getting water secured for all...... my head bloody hurts thinking about it!

Well, I was attending a student/work based conference late in 2013 and on the agenda was talk about a charity set up by the Environmental Health Professionals in the UK called Water for Kids, I immediately contacted the Chairman and boom the rest as they say again is history.  Please take a look at their website, the work that is done is carried out by volunteers and the smile on those recipients faces when they have a TAP and a TOILET for the first time is indescribable.

Thanks to all those who have helped raise such a wonderful amount of money, please keep the monies coming in. 

http://waterforkids.org.uk/

Thank you all, need to dash, am starving again, love and blister free wishes

Jani xxxxxx