Just Keep Swimming: I CAME RUNNER-UP IN THE JUSTTEXTGIVING COMPETITION!!! (Day 90)

Wednesday, 31 August 2011

I CAME RUNNER-UP IN THE JUSTTEXTGIVING COMPETITION!!! (Day 90)

130 today, but that's not the big news.

I have won a £200 donation to my fundraising efforts with the video which Ursie made and the Bombers starred in (lets not beat around the bush here, I basically got in the way and agreed with everyone else's suggestions. I'm not particularly creative.)

This video, in case you'd forgotten.

So it didn't get the most views (and I was never really expecting it to, as I entered the competition late and the winning entry got over 5000 views, compared to my 301). But there were two runners up prizes, each winning a donation of £200, which were judged by people from the world of philanthropy, and my video was one of them.

Hugh was on justgiving-watch today, as I was at work and so couldn't check my emails. When I got off shift to see that I had 9 missed calls from him, I immediately jumped to the worst possible conclusion (me being my mother's daughter), and I decided that he'd been in a car crash at the paramedics were trying to get hold of me. Thankfully not :-)

So thank you very, very much to my award winning director, Ursie, as well as all of the Bombers (and not forgetting Hugh's mum and Bombers coach, Jill) who took part in the video and have supported me throughout. And especially Hugh who is my support group.

The email which JustGiving sent wasn't just to me, so I have attached it below so that everyone can read :-)

Hi Alex and the Bury Bombers Wheelchair Basketball Club,

Just wanted to congratulate you on being runners-up in the JustTextGiving video competition! Our judges loved the quality and originality of your video entry, which has earned TAG a £200 donation from us!

I’ve also put up a blog post about the winners and added some tips for video fundraising, from our competition judges.

http://blog.justgiving.com/community/justtextgiving-video-competition-winners/

Take care, and well done. Your efforts clearly paid off :)

Cheers,

Tal

The video also gets a special mention in the blog in the judges' tips for video fundraising.

Ross McCulloch: “Involve your beneficiaries where possible, it’s why the wheelchair basketball one worked so well.”

6137 down, 3069 to go.

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Thank you to:

Sponsors:

Akash, Mercy, Tom, The Breezes, Bat & Steve, Carli, Anna, Zerelda, Katie, My Mum and Dad, Angharad, Jen & Justin, The Crisp Family, Harry, Rusty, Hazel, Jackie, Hugh, Ursula, Sam, The Bedford family, The Banks family, Granma and Grandad, The Westoby Family, Chris, Catherine, Christian, Anna, Danny, Will, Chris, Jenn, Roz, The drunk lady at the pub, Michael, Joe, Alice, Todd, Christian (again. He wanted more brownies), The Wright Family, Ursie again :-), Aiden, Lianne, The people of BSEAODS, The people at the Spread Eagle, The people at Abbeycroft Leisure, Bury St Edmunds, Ross, Rui & his brothers, Tahi, My Granda Peter and Marion, The Clark family, Ray, Maddy, Glasswells, Jill and Barry, Lloyd, Abi, Hannah, The Limmer Family, Cat, Ian and Jack, Jordan, Tim, Tom (again, because he thought that donating by text looked like fun!), Denny Bros, Neil, The people at the Rose and Crown, the people at Eric's Prime Cuts, The JustGivingTeam, Jackie, Megan, Ruth, Linda, Mark, British Sugar, the Gentleman I used to swim with.

Other help:

Kath and Jacqui from TAG, Jo & Tudor at the EADT, Hugh, Carli, Mum and Dad for putting up with all of my swimming talk & giving me lots of ideas (and Hugh's also made lots of phone calls for me and taken lots of pictures and made me a poster and agreed to do lots of favours, so thank you a lot :-) ). My Dad's also taken me to places he frequents (the pub and the butchers) so I can ask them to put a collecting tin on their counter/bar. Clare and Tracy who have let me put a collecting box, poster and business cards on reception at the leisure centre. Hazel who let me do the same on the bar at the Spread Eagle, and Liz at the Rose and Crown, and Jim and James at Eric's. Carli who made lots of brownies for me and then sold them, and who's also took some pictures of me and given out business cards :-) . Neil and Ant at the Spread Eagle who gave me the kick up the bum to ask all of the patrons for sponsorship. Ursie, who's been getting all of her friends (many of whom have never met me) to donate, and Carli (what would I do without my sister??) who's been doing the same, especially with BSEAODS. And also to all of the lovely people who don't know me and who haven't heard of Arthrogryposis, but still gave a few quid, and an extra special thank you to the woman who had never met me before but who gave me £20 at the pub today (18/6/11), because she didn't have anything smaller. Bat who bought me some more business cards and is just generally a wonderful godmother :-) Jackie who gave me the idea for a scrapbook. I'd never thought about it, but I think I'll appreciate it in the years to come. Jill for letting me film in a training session, Hugh, Amy, Lloyd, Chris, Jordan, Jack and David for being in my video, and Ursie for filming it. Tal at JustGiving for putting me in their blog, the judges of the JustTextGiving competition who gave me a runners-up prize, Hugh and Ursula especially, but everyone who was involved in my surprise video, party etc. (Mum, Dad, Carli, Hugh, Granma, Grandad, Ursula, Polly, Steve, Diana, Kian, Christian, Joe, Hannah, Carl, Josh, Lewis, Aiden, Hannah, Jordan, Hazel, Veronica, Jackie, Alice, chris, Tim, Tim, Tom, Chloe, George, Alison, Lloyd, Rui, Jess, Katie, Paul, Molly, George, Oscar). Everyone who was in the surprise video (Diana; My sister Carli; Poppy; the Lovely Steve; Carli; Ursula; Ian and Veronica; Hazel; Mark; Leah-cat; My Daddy Martin; My Mummy Judie; Ruth; Hugh's parents, Jill and Barry; Hugh's sister Kirsty, brother-in-law David and nephew Alistair; Chloe, Tom, Pete and Julie Bellotti; Christian; The Bury Bombers; Carl; Josh; Luke; Cat, Megan and Josh; Hugh.)

Jordy, Tim, Carli and George who joined in on my last swim.

Hugh and Ursula get a special thanks. They organised my surprise party, got a lot of people to come and watch me swim, got the Bury Free Press involved, got me a special lane in the pool and made me a surprise video. I love them both lots :-)

And also to everyone who has 'liked' my justgiving page, tweeted and facebooked about what I'm doing, shared my video, and generally helped to spread the word :-)

I'm sure there are lots of people I've forgotten. So I'm sorry if you're one of them (I also can't thank specific people who have given me money in the collecting tins as I don't know who you are). But this doesn't mean you're not appreciated. This list is expanding as I remember people. Thank you so much everyone. The response has been overwhelming.

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Wednesday, 31 August 2011

I CAME RUNNER-UP IN THE JUSTTEXTGIVING COMPETITION!!! (Day 90)

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