Karen writes: We have donations!

Fundraiseonline has safely deposited donations received up to now in the DPT bank account, monies we are collecting for the workers taking care of people with diabetes in earthquake recovering Christchurch.  Thankyou so much to those who have made a donation!  I thought it was pretty brave of Kate to say to her friends and family “please donate in lieu of a birthday present” too, I’m just selfishly glad my birthday doesn’t fall in the timezone so I don’t have to make that decision...with young children I'd end up making donations to myself!

When doing something like this, there are two big fears, one is failing, and we have set ourselves multiple tasks we can potentially fail at right up to the big one on March 3 next year (not that we are going to of course!).  But also we had the fear that we may end up raising a grand total of $12.50 for our colleagues in Christchurch, which was just too awful to think about.  Anyway, I am pleased to say that we have well exceeded $12.50 already thanks to your generosity… we have a way to go however...

What has been nicest though have been the messages of support and encouragement which have come with the donations. It is terrific knowing there are people out there (especially since the comments facility STILL doesn’t work reliably, try ironman@dpt.org.nz if you want to make contact) who are behind us, and sharing our slightly unconventional journey to Ironman.

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