BBQs, fundraising, Bertie 23 and next weekend

I had my first BBQ of the year at the weekend (sausages!) but while I was doing it I was checking our Twitter and Facebook on my phone and it was a really cracking weekend for fundraising:

Zoe Randall had a film night at Cardiff SU
http://twitter.com/#!/zarandell3/statuses/56823400110370816

Tom arrived in Beijing for a trek
http://twitter.com/#!/TargetMD/status/57066077263380480

And the Bertie 23 team cycled the whole length of the country (they’re still at it – it’s 1,000 miles)
http://www.bertie23.co.uk/lejog/

What I think makes all this fundraising so good is the passion of the people doing it and why they fundraise:

Tom is aiming to raise £7,000 by trekking the Great Wall of China in memory of his younger brother, Ben, who died in May this year. Ben had Duchenne muscular dystrophy. http://www.justgiving.com/Tom-Wright1

Bertie, who the Bertie 23 team are named for, also had Duchenne muscular dystrophy and it is now a year since he passed away. Nick and the team paid tribute to him today with a shot Jagermeister and minutes silence, presumably while on the road for the Lands end To John O Groats cycle http://twitter.com/#!/nickizzle/statuses/57358462031638529

I was really pleased to see all this going on while I had my BBQ, and I’ll be taking some of that inspiration with me to do some proper cheering and tweeting at the London Marathon on Sunday (I’ll be at Embankment). If you have any great fundraising stories to share please add them to the thread and if you are ever doing any fundraising and want a shout out on Facbook or Twitter, we’d love to do that. Just get in touch with me or Dan (Melbye, our Online Manager)

You can see what we’re up to on Marathon day by following the events teams twitter, which I shall be helping out with on Sunday http://twitter.com/#!/EventsMD