British 10K: Please Sponsor Me!
Published by OneSwitch.org.uk Saturday, 7 February 2009 5:50 pm.
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On the 12th of July this year I hope to run 10 km (6.2 miles) in the "British 10K" in aid of Special Effect's Game for Helen Project. This is my 500th post on the OneSwitch blog - a good time to ask for your support in cash, if you can spare it, for this appeal. If you'd like to sponsor me please visit my JustGiving page here.I used to run a lot 20 years ago often six miles down to Southend sea front, treating myself with a turn on Gorf or Gravitar, before turning back with my wobbly tape Walkman on. I then learnt how to drive and liked that (and sitting on my backside) a lot more than running. I'm not 17 any more and my knock knees haven't got any better. It's going to be tough but I really want to do this as the cause is a fantastic one. Here's a little update from Special Effect:
"We've now raised £20,000 towards our appeal to create a special computer games suite at the Helen and Douglas House Hospice. We need to raise another £40,000. As part of these efforts we have people taking part in our 3 Peaks Challenge and have a team of runners in the British 10K.
SpecialEffect has just found out that we've been short listed for a national award for our Games Roadshows following our national innovation award in December.
SpecialEffect Roadshows were such a great success in 2008 that they are back with a brand new collection of games! 2008 Roadshows were extremely beneficial to SpecialEffect in helping us assess which games worked with which control methods so that we can develop a range that works for different abilities and ages. We have been researching different up to date games for our systems and are very excited to have a brand new selection to try out at our Roadshows 2009!"
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We will add something to AbleGamers. I am sure that we can get something over to ya.
Thanks Mark! Very generous of you and AbleGamers - and much appreciated. Cheers!