Hello everyone
So we're are moving forward with the planning of the Zumba event. I'm very happy to announce our Zumba instructors for the event are local company - Zumba Bradford. Welcome aboard Rachael and Deana, your support of this event and WoC is much appreciated. Ladies we are going to have a blast!
So welcome to all for this exciting event, where we will have loads of fun while dancing our way to raising loads of money, raising awareness for breast cancer which effects men as well as women....and of course putting Bradford on the map with a World Record!! So come on guys - make sure you come support the cause on the day, we want to see you all on the pitch strutting
your zumba moves -- we can all move like Jagger! If you cannot take part - we want you to come watch and show support for those taking part and WoC by being there, thank you all. We want a massive crowd there cheering us on to our World Record.
You can get your Zumba ticket in person at the Bradford Bulls ticket office in cash only for £5.00. Or here on the blog by going through Paypal for £5.50 - this is to cover postage costs etc. If you do it online remember to leave your name, address & email so it can be posted to you. We are actively encouraging you all to buy your tickets in advance so I can monitor our progress with participants for the Record attempt. If you allow, your email will be added to a mailing list where a WoC newsletter will be emailed out at semi regular times.
It's full steam ahead from the printing point of view, we have 7,500 flyers and 10,000 business cards getting printed to advertise our event. Please contact me if you can take some to place in your local gym, community centre, mother & toddlers group, slimming group, shop, supermarket,doctors surgery,hairdressers etc, etc,etc.... you get the picture! We will be advertising in local community papers, and exploring all other media avenues. If you know someone on a local radio station, community station, hospital radio, local papers or TV...get in touch.
Let us all as a community get the message out there, we want to smash this record and prove what a great community spirit we have in Bradford. You don't have to be local to hang a flyer - the further afield it's advertised the better! - it's a fantastic event to showcase how important exercise is for our health....I keep saying - we only have one body, lets look after it so it looks after us in later life!
I'm on with the first stage of charity registration as well at the moment - It's to make War on Cancer a Ltd company. Don't worry about gift aid when sponsoring someone, it can be back dated and claimed from Customs for up to 12 months. War on Cancer will hopefully have full charity status in the coming few months.
If you fancy pushing yourself, then get signed up for one of the endurance events this year, you'll be surprised how motivated and determined you will become. Having something to focus on works wonders, trust me I know this! If you cannot do it yourself, tell your friends and family - maybe they want to have a go. The key to supporting WoC is simply talking about it, awareness....that's all it needs. You can also support by sponsoring a friend who's taking part in one of the events, or if you believe in the cause and want to help, you can also donate here on the blog.
Ben Nevis is finally getting close - I cannot wait to get going on this one. The thing I'm most nervous about is doing a video blog - going to trial run it at "The Ben", love being behind the camera....hate being in front! will be good practice for Mount.Kilimanjaro later in the year. They will be posted on the new website! This is a sponsored event which is open to a max of 40 participants. Is going to be a great weekend up in Scotland....I'm going up on the Friday, the climb is Saturday and Sunday going to spend the day gently stretching the muscles out while maybe taking a boat trip to observe the exceptional wildlife near Oban. Hopefully we will get a glimpse of the Minke Whale or a Basking shark. The Seal colony, maybe a dolphin or porpoise or two, even a sea or Golden Eagle maybe in the offing and if we are really lucky - the elusive sea Otter!!
On July 6th - it's the second annual Yorkshire 3 Peaks sponsored challenge ( Y3P ) - this year Lost Earth Adventures are hosting the event on behalf of WoC. It is an open to the UK event with a max of 40 places available. Click on the link here for more details - come on join me and the guys n gals from wonderful Lost Earth Adventures who are donating their services for free for our wonderful cause, come push yourselves to the limits - it will be worth it I promise you!
http://www.lostearthadventures.co.uk/yorkshire-3-peaks-challenge/.
I have my 6 monthly check up next week at the breast clinic, which is also my annual mammogram. It will be nice to be able to go see my HODU nurses and have a quick 5 minutes with them, I like to be able to catch up with them. They are like an extension of my family now - well I guess they are part of my cancer family now! So hopefully will get the all is okay and your clear of cancer to the best of our knowledge at this time talk ( in remission/ surviving cancer ) and we'll see you in 6 months!
So I hope you take up one of the events, it will be great to see you there and I would love the support. Everyone can seriously consider the Zumba! come on.....lets dance and party!
Until next time
Tracy
