Bike Sri Lanka Fundraiser Success & Training
The Fundraising Evening in Queenstown, NZ went off with a bang! We raised $3135.81 NZD with the help of the very generous bunch below. With the funds raised online this takes us to a total of $4563.21 NZD
Some of the generous bunch from Queenstown!
A very special thanks must go to the biggest spender, Gabriel Schorderet (the one in the middle with the blue t shirt who looks like Harry Potter) who spent $825!
More special thanks must go to Lucy & Amelia from NO. 5 Church Lane for the venue and great staff, Mark from Broken Shed Vodka for the cocktails, Henry Youngman for the hilarious hosting, Tim Reid from Tom Tom Productions for the audio/visual gear and Kelly McGarry for being massive, blonde and awesome. Also a big thanks to all the businesses below for donating awesome prizes!
The generous businesses who helped us raise the funds.
And thanks to R&R Sport, Tout Terrain & Icebreaker for the gear for the trip.
A very happy Sophie and Pete near the end of the night. Photo: Maria Uhlmann
Now we are spending the next few days before we leave staying in Marlborough training and finishing off the final touches of our plans & paraphernalia.
A 60km training ride we did today to the ocean at Rarangi, Marlborough
On the longest day in the NZ calendar the sun sets beautifully over the Marlborough Vineyards – tomorrow we start our adventure…
Here is a link to an article written on our expedition by The Southland Times.
If you would like to DONATE online please go to our JustGiving site: https://www.justgiving.com/bikesrilanka,
or, please deposit into the follow charity account:
Bike Sri Lanka: 38-9015-0394533-00 Reference: Your name Code: Your phone number Account auditor: Vanessa Harwood, previous charity worker (+64 27 442 2041, nessharwood@gmail.com)
For more info on our expedition and fundraiser see our previous post.