Emily’s Bounce-a-thon
Emily’s Bounce-a-thon
With great boredom comes great opportunity and Rachel has given Emily a challenge.
She spends a lot of time of the trampoline but never a full hour and so, her challenge, should she choose to accept it, is to bounce for a full hour and if she thinks she can do it, Rachel will ask her friends to sponsor her.
Rachel has been doing a lot of promoting and fundraising for the Wigan & Leigh Hospice since her dad Gary passed away last year so Emily agrees anything she can raise should go there. Given how well they looked after her Grandad and the support they still give to Rachel and her mum Margaret, it seems like the right choice.
So, with my phone acting as the stopwatch and Rachel’s in Video-mode, Emily gives us a quick intro and gets stuck in. It doesn’t take Rachel long to get the word out and after a few encouraging messages, she’s set up a Just Giving page for Emily’s challenge which is where it gets very interesting. Emily’s initial target of £50 is soon reached as Rachel posts another video of her progress after 30 minutes and it isn’t long before donations and messages of encouragement are pouring in from friends and family.
It shows something of the spirit of the people in our community that, even in the current circumstances they can still get really behind a good deed and help to promote an act of kindness like this.
As Emily smashes through 40 minutes the audience gets an update, then another at 50, we countdown the last few minutes and Emily’s total is standing at over a hundred pounds!
As the day goes on and more people hear about Emily’s challenge, more donations arrive and after smashing her £50 target by 409%, Emily’s efforts have raised £209 for the Wigan & Leigh Hospice.
We’re really grateful to be surrounded by such generous people and I’m sure her Grandad Gary would be as proud of Emily’s achievement as we are.