Every October my Elanco colleagues and I take day out to volunteer in the community. However this year I have decided to set myself a bigger challenge.

For the first week of October I plan to travel across Wales, the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland and England, volunteering each day in a different location to fight hunger. I will be picking, packing and delivering food from FareShare depots to some of the 900+ charities and community groups that they support across the UK and Ireland. I will also be visiting food outlets helping virtual organisation FoodCloud connect more food business with hunger charities that can benefit from their surplus food. Finally I will be working hard to earn your sponsorship because in FareShare's hands each £1 delivers four meals!

However, we don't want to make this too easy so for every thousand pounds you help me raise I will add another element to my challenge! Each new challenge will be revealed here when you get me past a sponsorship milestone. 

First challenge: If you get me to £1000 I will live on a "below the line" food budget of £1/day for the 5 days of the challenge!

So dig deep and help me get started!

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