B is for.....Barnardo's

In 2009 I wanted to do something for my Grandad. He had been a Barnardo's child, something I found out quite late in his life,  and I felt that to fundraise for them was to give something back in gratitude.


I decided to organise an Ipswich Monopoly sponsored walk, which entailed a few groups of people walking around Ipswich visiting many of the locations on the Ipswich Monopoly board. Planning and organisation took months but I was over the moon to have raised £693 with my first fundraiser.


Since then I have hosted a Macmillan coffee morning and taken part in two Races For Life. I wanted to do something more challenging this year. I have hip dysplasia so I cannot take part in any sporting events eg. marathons and I only walked around the Race for Life course, which was a great event but I felt like I needed to do something more. 


So, I have decided to abstain from chocolate for the month of May. As friends, family & regular readers are aware chocolate is my only addiction (not counting twitter!) 

Suat Eman

I did give up chocolate late last year thanks to a slimpod but I stopped listening when I was under a lot of stress and haven't got round to starting again. This time I want to give up chocolate for Barnardo's. I'm going to be doing it with willpower and your support!

www.barnardos.org.uk

I would ideally like to raise £100 but for every £1 raised over that amount I will abstain for another day (a good incentive for you to dig deep!)


What I need from you is for you to spread the word by RT'ing my tweets, links to this post and my justgiving site, for you to support me if I start to struggle, and believe me I will, and if you feel so inclined-to dig deep and donate to the wonderful cause that is Barnardo's.


My justgiving page is at http://www.justgiving.com/HeidiChocolate 


Thanks in advance x