Slowly but surely!

Sorry I haven't posted in so long, I've had so many exams recently and have been extremely busy so haven't had time! But some good news, the money is coming along well!

Last Monday, I went to a local pub for their quiz and curry night to see how it all works. It was so much fun and a great night out, so I decided I'm going to do another one as a fund-raiser! I am hoping to have a raffle there too so I should get quite a bit of money that night (fingers crossed!)

On Monday I had a few lovely donations and sponsor offers including:

• BC Dent Removal (www.removedent.co.uk)
• Cansdales (www.cansdales.co.uk - admin work)

Last Saturday my mum and I did a car boot sale, basically selling all of the junk in our house. First of all we were not starting off too well but once people came in we got rid of half the things we took and made around £35, seeing as the crowd wasn't very big, we thought that was pretty good! We are planning to do two car boot sales a month until we get rid of all the junk and raise a bit of money!  

Following this, my mum and I have put a few items on eBay which she is giving me a percentage from the total of, so hopefully I will get a bit of money from that too! 

I'll keep you posted,

Rianna

Weekly Update

Well this week has been a rollorcoaster!

Firsly I got the news that I have two new sponsors, so thank you very much to:

• MTS (www.mts-events.co.uk - PA equipment for events)
• Grand Property Show (www.grandpropertyshow.com -admin work)

Now the bad news..

I had a school disco booked for Friday 9th March however we had to cancel because of lack of tickets bought :(. My friend and I (also doing World Challenge) promoted the disco, putting posters up all around school, sending emails to the parents, mentioning it in assemblies and going around to all of the classrooms but apparently no-one wanted to go to it. So unfortunately for us, we have lost out on money.

On the other hand, I have two fundraisers coming up!

 I have applied to do the sponsored run near Reading which is organised by World Challenge on the April 29th which I'm sooo excited about! However, I am not in the right form to do it and need some SERIOUS working out time before hand!

I am indescisive whether to do the 5km or the 10km because the girls I'm going with are doing the 10 but I'm not 100% certain if I can do that much! But I don't want to be running in Reading alone!

As well as this, I am doing a 'guess the baby' competition at school! This is where 4-6 teachers give me a picture of them as a baby and I make it into a poster with their names jumbled up so the students have to choose who is who. I will charge 50p to enter the competition, everyone who guesses right will go into a lucky dip and the winner will get a £5 voucher for our local shopping centre, The Harlequin. This should be great fun so I'm hoping a lot of people will take part!

I'll keep you posted on how they both go,

Rianna x

Upcoming Events

Recent Events:

• babysitting (various dates 2012)
• selling refreshments at a school show (28th February 2012)
• eBay selling

Events coming up

• Year 7/8 School Disco – 9th March 2012
• Sponsored Run - 29th April 2012
• Indulgence Evening - Date TBC 
• Bag packing - Date TBC
• Sky-Dive - Date TBC
• 6 a-side Football tournament – Date TBC
• Pub Quiz – Date TBC

Sponsers Update

I have received many donations as well as good ideas to use to receive money to get me started with raising money for World Challenge. I have got a list of sponsors I must thank!

Firstly for their time and 'in kind' donations:

• RME Events www.rme-events.com -helping with sponsorship and entertainment)
• J & L Indulgence Events (www.jl-indulgenceevents.co.uk -putting on indulgence events and allowing me to have a stall)

As well as allowing me to carry out some paid 'admin work' for the company:

• Les Owen Associates (www.lesowenassociates.co.uk -admin  work)
  

Also family friends and neighbours have been a great help, allowing me some paid babysitting time.

Everyone has been a great help with my building of funds which I am extremely grateful for but this is just the beginning! 

Rianna x

Yay! We have our groups!

First of all, we finally got our t-shirts! woooo

Then we had to choose the groups, WHAT A PALAVAR!

Last week everyone taking part in World Challenge had a meeting in which we wrote down 4 names of people who we wouldn't mind being in a group with. The teachers would take that into consideration and we would ' most probably' go in a group with them; I put down my best friend Karen and then 3 other people who I wouldn't mind being with. 

Yesterday, we got put into our groups in our meeting after school and I was sooo excited  throughout the whole school day to find out who I was put with. Obviously, I thought I would be in a group with Karen as all the teachers know we are best friends, she was first on my list and you know, I just assumed. Well I was wrong! They didn't put me with her and I was in a group with one of the boys I wrote on my list and then 18 other people. I was devastated that I wasn't with Karen so I wanted to change. But the group I was put in was SO good and everyone was so amazingly friendly, it was such a shame but I left that group and went into the other one with Karen and the rest of the people on my list so again I'm happy! It was a lose:win situation.

So once we were in our groups we had to decide what sort of trek we wanted to do, what activity we wanted to do for our R&R (rest and relaxation) and where abouts in Zambia we wanted to end up.  I thought there would be arguments/ a lot of disagreements but nope, it was so much easier than I thought it would be!

Our plan:

Straight away we all decided we wanted to work with children and build either an orphanage or a school. We still haven't completly decided what sort of trek we want to do as a few of the group want to do a long 8 day hard one where as some others (including myself) would prefer to do a 5 day easyish/medium level. So that is yet to be decided! 

For our R&R we are hoping to go on a Safari and to the amazing Victoria Falls! (Amazing, right?!)

I'll keep you posted!
Rianna xx

My Story

So, Its February 2012 and I am leaving for World Challenge in July 2013, approximately 17 months. 

Question: Am I ready? Answer: No!

As soon as I heard about World Challenge, I knew that I wanted to take part. What an amazing experience?! I am aware that this is going to be extremely hard, I have been warned by a few people who have been on World Challenge before but there is no way I will get this opportunity again so why miss it, right?

There are plenty of things I need to think about: 

• Fundraising: 

I must have forgot to mention that World Challenge is NOT a holiday, I have to raise £3500 to go (which doesn't include my fun activities while I'm out there or camp equipment). So I have to think of many fundraising ideas to raise the money! So far I have thought of the simple basics:

• bag packing
• babysitting
• cake sales
• discos

 So fund-raising ideas would be very much appreciated! Please and thankyou's! 

• Commitment:

Signing myself up for World Challenge is one thing, but actually going through with it is a whole different story! To raise the £3500, I have made a target to raise at least £100 a month to make it easier in the long run. 

I am also saving up every £2 coin I get and put it in a piggy bank! At the end of every month I will put that collection into my bank.

Its going to be hard work, but I will do it! Im looking forward to keeping you all posted,

love 

Rianna xox