Quick OverviewThe Event: 2009-2010 RIBI Ambassadorial Scholars' Leavers Gift & Summer Walk
Who: YOU, the Rotary family, your friends
What: Fundraiser for Leonard Cheshire Disability and a summer walk-a-thon
Where: Greenwich Park, southeast London, United Kingdom
When: Sunday 4 July 2010 at 10 AM
Why: Service Above Self
Answering a Need
Just walking around any city it is apparent how difficult it is for disabled people to lead normal lives: lack of elevators and wheelchair ramps, ill-maintained sidewalks and pedestrian paths, bustling crowds of people too impatient to assist. Leonard Cheshire Disability (LCD) is working to change that, to provide a way for disabled people to be more mobile and live independently.
Rotary has a long history of partnership with UK-based LCD, including past work on their Schools4All in Africa projects, which improve education for the disabled in Africa and contribute to the United Nations Millennium Development Goals. These are the reasons we have chosen to fundraise for LCD. The money raised will be channelled to their beneficial programmes in the UK and abroad.
The Ambassadorial Link
Rotary International Great Britain and Ireland (RIBI) has a large number of Ambassadorial Scholars studying in the UK during the 2009-2010 year. It has been an amazing, life-changing year and, true to Rotary values, we felt the best way to say “thank you” to the Rotary Foundation was to give back to the community. Moreover, an event of this nature, requiring such collaboration among UK scholars, has never been done before. This will have a great local impact!
Our Fundraising Efforts
Our fundraising goal of £5,000 is a hefty one and our deadline is only three months away. However, we hope to leverage the entire Rotary family – both in the UK and our abroad. So how can you help? Please consider donating to this great cause. Once you decide an amount, the donation process is very easy. Go to the website www.justgiving.com/summerwalk. This is a safe and secure site where you can donate using a credit card. The money goes directly to LCD!
If you are in the UK, you are invited to join us at the culminating walk-a-thon in beautiful Greenwich Park (pictured). The 5K walk on 4 July 2010 will celebrate our fundraising efforts, our health, and our year abroad.
Thank you so much for your contribution and commitment to the Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar program!
