The Challenge:

 Due to Emma having an injury 6 weeks before we were due to undertake our challenge in April 2011 we will now be taking part in the Husky Trail charity challenge in March 2012.

we now have to raise even more funds so please support us and help us reach our target.

Maggie Whitaker and Emma Hind.  Our challenge will begin in Tromso, Norway and will finish 250km later at the Ice Hotel in Jukkasjarvi, Sweden.

 

We will be spending 6 days sledding our own team of Huskies through highlands, deep forests and over frozen lakes.  A typical day will be at least 14 hours and our challenge will involve, feeding, bedding and preparing our Huskies, putting up and taking down our tents, cooking our own meals and helping around camp. 

 

As you can imagine, this is no luxury challenge with temperatures dropping to -20 during the night!!!!!!     

 

Why Barnardo’s:

 

To give you a very brief idea of the work Barnardo’s does, they operate over 400 projects around the UK working with more than 100,000 vulnerable children, young people and their families every year.  Barnardo’s believes in the potential of every child and young person no matter who they are, what they have done or what they have been through.  Barnardo’s work includes counselling for children who have been abused, fostering and adoption services, vocational training and disability inclusion groups.

 

We both believe Barnardo’s is a fantastic charity giving so many opportunities to young people.  We are both looking forward to raising as much money as we possibly can.  We do have a minimum target which we are hoping to exceed.

 

Not only are we asking for individual sponsorship but we have arranged to do a number of bucket collections at various locations throughout the year.  We will also be holding a raffle hopefully organising a party!!

 

If you would like to show your support please use our just giving page to sponsor us, alternatively you can contact us direct

 

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