Charities
Each year I choose a charity or cause I wholeheartedly want to get behind, not just to raise money but to utilise my love and expertise in creating events, activities and fundraising ideas that will make a difference to others by helping others step up and live life more fully whilst also doing that for themselves as donors/sponsors/participants. What a great WIN-WIN! Do you want to try something new, meet new people, set yourself a new challenge or perhaps tick something off your bucket-list in a WIN-WIN fundraising process? Here are some examples of my own contribution, not just to a cause but to people who have benefitted as well. Also check out below my present fundraising efforts for Jump Start - CanTeen and Project K teens.
- Great night out with the girls - stepping out in style whilst also helping people with spinal injuries step up as well
- Teenagers have a home movie night and instead of paying the cinema they pay a donation, learn the greatness and joy of thinking beyond themselves and giving to other teen-related programmes. eg CanTeen and Project K teens.
- People getting fit, discovering new parts of the country, having a social life.... whilst helping Oxfam help others in disaster areas.
2012 Jump Start - the experience of being alive. Yeah I was very excited about being part of this event on May 5th, 2012. 50 teens from CanTeen - teenagers living with cancer and Project K - Maximising Youth Potential were given the opportunity of a tandem parachute jump. Jump Start's byline sums it up - the experience of being alive. Check out the TV news clip of what was an absolutely fabulous day. Thanks too to those who helped me fundraise online to allow these teenagers to have such a life changing experience, not to mention myself who got to stand 1 foot away from the open back door of a Royal NZ Airforce hercules for 20 minutes whilst simply being harnessed in near my feet! Cloudless day. Awe-inspiring to see those teens face their fears and excitement and feel really proud and successful!
" Hi Janelle, Thanks for your email... awesome newsletter ! Pleased to hear all the great things :-) And thanks also to you... this event relies on 'team work'... and Jump Start certainly has a great team around it. Great news is I have already heard back from the Chief of the Airforce... who has indicated the RNZAF are right behind us for 2013!" Tim Fastnedge - Jump Start Event Coordinator
2011 New York marathon charity CatWalk Spinal Cord Injury Trust - Whilst getting fit and completing my first ever marathon, having a fab week in New York plus providing a great social and inspiration Reinvent Yourself and What's Possible event for women, I also raised over $5000 for my charity - not only helping people step up out of wheelchairs, but in inspiring and empowering women at my event to step up in their lives as well. What an awesome night. Click here for details.
"Thank you so much for supporting Janelle and in turn supporting the CatWalk Trust. Please note that all our runners pay their own way, their own training expenses and any costs involved with completing this Mt Everest of events, the New York marathon. It takes a very special person to make that time and financial commitment, to step outside their comfort zone and say "I'm going to do it" so to Janelle, from us all at CatWalk and on behalf of everyone in a wheelchair who wants to realise that dream of feeling the sand between their toes again, a standing hug and a whimsical cartwheel just..'because'...we thank you."
Catriona Williams - former NZ Equestrian rider, now tetraplegic and founder of CatWalk Spinal Cord Injury Trust.
2010 Oxfam Trailblazer 100km event Yippee. My team raised over $2000 and we crossed the line in just under 24 hours. This got us fit, got us out seeing and enjoying Auckland coastlines in our training, it was a great social network for us four women in the team who lived at every corner of Auckland and we had a fab weekend in Taupo at the event - whilst making a huge difference to others experiencing poverty and disaster. We helped make a difference. Check out the Multisport and Triathlon magazine article about our team.
Watch out for my fundraising activities and if you would like me to help you with ideas for fundraising, or you want to have fun, step up to a challenge or host / be part of a social event that could contribute to my / your cause, contact me.