Yesterday I found myself with a great opportunity to go and visit LOROS, located between New Parks and Beaumont Leys in Leicester. There, I had a very useful talk with one of their fundraising staff, Nancy, who gave me some advice on what I was doing and what else I could be doing. Certainly it helped to know what routes were available to me for fundraising and promoting the trip, and I shall be looking into those and seeing whether they bear fruit over the next few weeks.
One thing that is for certain is that we should be able to get our photograph (taken at the weekend) into the LOROS magazine. Which reminds me, it's still on the camera and not on the computer. Must see to that as a priority.
But what I really got out of the visit was more of a feel for what LOROS do. For those who don't know, they offer services to the terminally ill and their families - both very sad but inspiring work, the kind of thing that restores one's faith in human nature. Certainly it drummed home how any money that we can raise for them will be very well worth it.
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Thursday, 18 March 2010
Friday, 19 February 2010
LOROS helps out!
I've been in touch with LOROS themselves and I'm happy to report that I received a very helpful email back containing various suggestions, perhaps the biggest one being the taking of publicity photographs and getting in touch with the local paper, the Leicester Mercury.
As such, we now need to get everyone together for said photograph, which is easier said than done. You see, the considering that we all met from an internet forum, we all come from different walks of life. Hence it's difficult to get us together all at once! I may have to compromise and get as many of us in the photographs as possible. However, this is at least driving the publicity side of the trip forward.
In other news, it looks like we may have another climber on board, in the way of silkily-skilled Joey. That's silky football skills rather than mountaineering/hiking skills, of which I know very little. Even so, I have little doubt that he'll be racing the rest of us to the summit!
As such, we now need to get everyone together for said photograph, which is easier said than done. You see, the considering that we all met from an internet forum, we all come from different walks of life. Hence it's difficult to get us together all at once! I may have to compromise and get as many of us in the photographs as possible. However, this is at least driving the publicity side of the trip forward.
In other news, it looks like we may have another climber on board, in the way of silkily-skilled Joey. That's silky football skills rather than mountaineering/hiking skills, of which I know very little. Even so, I have little doubt that he'll be racing the rest of us to the summit!
Friday, 1 January 2010
In the beginning...
August: The 2009/2010 football season brough with it the 125th anniversary of Leicester City football club. As part of the celebrations, the club agreed to sponsor a local charity for a year by putting its logo on the away kits. The charity chosen was LOROS (the Leicestershire and Rutland Organisation for the Relief of Suffering).
November: During an international break, people from within Leicester City, including manager Nigel Pearson and City legend Alan Birchenall, took part in a sponsored bike ride by Hadrian's wall to raise money for LOROS. This is something we can all be very proud of, but it got me thinking if there was something that we, the fans could do for LOROS.
It was with this in mind that we, a group of Leicester City fans, came up with the idea of doing a sponsored climb of Ben Nevis just before the final home game of the season. As such, we plan to take the mountain trail to the summit on Friday 30th April this year.
Some of the group have experience of climbing Snowdon and the like, but I've never been up anything that couldn't be reasonably described as a large hill. So - Not only do I need to get the right gear (starting with a pair of good quality hiking boots) but also I need to get some serious practice in over the next few months.
In conclusion, it's time to climb a mountain for LOROS. And this is my blog on it!
November: During an international break, people from within Leicester City, including manager Nigel Pearson and City legend Alan Birchenall, took part in a sponsored bike ride by Hadrian's wall to raise money for LOROS. This is something we can all be very proud of, but it got me thinking if there was something that we, the fans could do for LOROS.
It was with this in mind that we, a group of Leicester City fans, came up with the idea of doing a sponsored climb of Ben Nevis just before the final home game of the season. As such, we plan to take the mountain trail to the summit on Friday 30th April this year.
Some of the group have experience of climbing Snowdon and the like, but I've never been up anything that couldn't be reasonably described as a large hill. So - Not only do I need to get the right gear (starting with a pair of good quality hiking boots) but also I need to get some serious practice in over the next few months.
In conclusion, it's time to climb a mountain for LOROS. And this is my blog on it!
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