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The last fundraisers.....
Wednesday, 31 August 2011 07:03

The last couple of months, and the last of the fundraising events!

Enjo fundraiser

I love a chance meeting with an old friend at the kids sport!!  On Saturday I was at Luca's soccer game when I saw a lady talking on her phone holding an old fashioned phone handpiece.  It was my friend and Enjo rep Sonya, using her fancy Enjo phone accessory to try to prevent her frying her brain!  Probably we should all be using such devices.  Anyway, we caught up and she commented on my recent weightloss which led to conversations about my running and the Jodi Lee Foundation.  She was inspired both by the charity and Jodi's heartbreaking story and by the fact I am running the marathon in support of the Jodi Lee Foundation.

We are holding an Enjo fundraiser at VItal Core Physiotherapy on Tuesday 20th September from 7.30pm.  Sonya will introduce the products and answer questions about them rather than doing a full on demonstration of how they clean.  She has generously offered to donate all of her commission on sales from both the event and and pre orders, as well as a donation for any parties booked on the night.  Any 'host reward' that I qualify for will also be raffled or auctioned off to raise more funds.  If you need some more Enjo products or are curous as to how they work, take the opportunity to come along to this fun evening.

 

Also available at the moment are raffle tickets at $2 each, at the front counter at Vital Core Physiotherapy, or contact me if you would like me to send you either some tickets, or a book to sell.

Raffle prizes!!

Into the last couple of months of fundraising and training, and I have been donated some amazing prizes to raffle off.

1st Prize - 2 nights at The Miners Cottage Bed and Breakfast on 37 acres at Cockatoo Valley - value $440

2nd prize - 1 night for 2 people in a Spa Suite at The Highlander Hotel, includes LCD TV, continental breakfast and a bubbly spa - value $150

Prizes 3 – 8: Your choice of one of 3 Pilates training package from Inside Out Health Studios - 3x Private sessions,  6x small group sessions or 6x group personal training sessions - value $ 100 each

OR

A Fox Creek wine pack (2 available) consisting of 2 x Vixen (Sparkling Shiraz, Cab Sav, Cab Franc), 1x Chardonnay 2007, 1x Verdelho 2010 - value $95

9th Prize - 'Little Vili's' pack of 2 x 16 small pies, pasties or sausage rolls of your choice - value $24

Tickets will be drawn at Vital Core Physiotherapy on October 14th - please contact me for tickets!!

 

I am still making Rocky road for sale at work each week, tweaking the recipe here and there as required, so come and collect some as a treat for yourself or for friends or colleagues!  This week there is also some delicious looking Orange Marmalade homemade by Gail available for $5 per jar.  This is going fast!!

 

Team Trampoline for the Scouts!

This is a private fundraiser that I have organised with one of the lovely mums at school and her daughter's Scout group.  Brian at Team Trampoline has kindly offered to host another fundraiser for me, providing 2 hours of circus skills and trampoline fun for the scout troupe.  I'll sell some softdrinks and make up some chocolate crackles and honey crackles for sale on the night as well.

 

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This weeks links

The Cancer Council came out this week and announced that there is no safe level of alcohol consumption, and that alcohol should be considered to be as carcinogenic as smoking and asbestos are.  As well as being highly associated with throat and mouth cancers, it is now found to correlate highly with breast and bowel cancers.  Perhaps it should not be so surprising that a substance that can so alter mood and ability, even at very mild levels should turn out to be in fact, not good for us.

This story, an editorial from the British Journal of Sports Medicine earlier this year has some amazing targets - it ties in with our look at sitting and health, and is about developing healthcare systems that support exercise - recognise it as being as vital a measure of our health as is blood sugar levels or blood pressure.  It recommends 150 minutes of physical activity per week for adults as a minimum.  30 mins on 5 days.  For children, it is 420 mins / week - 60 minutes every day.  How close are you?

This is another article on inactivity / obesity and health from Sports Medicine Australia, highlighting the link between an inactive childhood and a lifetime of battling depression.  It is food for thought (!) these days where there seems to be much paranoia about safety of children away from their parents watchful eyes, and therefore a tendency to want to keep them closely under watch instead of encouraging more activity and indeed risk taking behaviours.  The ability to judge situations for risk and to be able to take appropriate risks builds self esteem and resilience.  Not much to do with bowel cancer awareness, but close to my heart as well.

Another article on sitting

This one is in really simple terms - if you walk 30 mins (as recommended) and sleep 8 hours, most of us still have 15.5 hours per day not moving.  You cannot sit all day behind a screen, then drive your car and sit and watch tv with out it being bad for you.  A good read.