Sponsorship goal achieved! More yet to come

A very big thank you to all our wonderful sponsors! We set ourselves the goal of $2,000 this year since it was (a) twice the minimum we needed to raise to enter the event; and (b) it was about 25% more than Rog and I raised in 2004's Trailwalker. With a couple of weeks yet to go, it's very cool to be able to announce our online donation tally now stands at $2,100, and our combined donation docket book receipts may hold a further $1,000 when all's done and counted.

A donation of this size can allow Oxfam to provide both urgent, immediate aid, or provide for ongoing self-sustenance for a whole community. For instance, $3,000 is all Oxfam needs to build vegetable gardens for several impoverished villages in Africa, training the villagers to maintain and grow vegetables to improve their diet and health. Or, the aid can be applied to urgent needs, such as in Lebanon, where Oxfam is desperately trying to get urgent medical supplies, shelter, food and clean water to communities.



New donors who've sponsored us recently include Mana Ittimani,  Paul Manka, Peter Talty, and Rob Woodley. All these four made donations of $50 or more, and we now have five individuals who've made a $100 donation to our fundraising effort.

On behalf of the Glutes, thanks so much to Mana, Paul, Peter and Rob, and thanks again to everyone who's helped us get this far. We'll do our best in return by completing that 100km walk in the best time we can, and between now and then, putting in the hard yards in training. Then Oxfam will do its bit by making sure as much of your donation as possible goes directly to helping people in need here and overseas asap. Walking 100km is really the easy bit!