Anyhow, let’s get back to the business in question - Action Month for Fifo. It went fantastically – every one of us survived!
Action Month for Fifo saw over 20 people cycling, crawling, running and enduring an awesome 580 km for Fiona. We travelled a whopping 1284 km to complete our tasks and our efforts encouraged at least 27 additional donations, bringing the total raised in Fiona’s memory to over £1500.00 for Cancer Focus NI!
Action Month for Fifo was kick started by Geraldine O’Neill who ran the Larne Half Marathon and even offered a prize from her salon for one lucky donator (winner to be announced very shortly). This was followed by water, scaffolding and scars in the Dash of the Titans at Titanic Quarter. The next week saw my brother-in-law Ciaran and lots of our loyal chums endure sweat, blood and tears via 8 foot walls, electric shocks and pellet shots in the infamous ‘Hell and Back’ assault course in County Kildare. But we weren’t finished at that. Weekend commencing 22nd June brought myself, Cormac, my dad and plenty of his cycling buddies to County Clare to take part in the Tour de Burren. If the drive itself wasn’t hard enough, the 54 km cycle offered the opportunity to lose the ability to walk for three days (it was my own fault for not training). Action Month for Fifo was rounded up by our heroic dad who, at 64 years of age, cycled to Dublin and back in two days!
I could not be more proud of everyone who took part and everyone who kindly donated. We received donations of money, love and much needed support – all of which were needed to keep us going (particularly during Hell and Back).
Action Month for Fifo may be over for now, but we have plenty of activity up our sleeves for the future. We will keep on fundraising to keep Fiona’s memory alive. There is nothing that we can do to turn back time or bring Fi back but what we can do is offer much needed support to charities like Cancer Focus that are dedicated to helping cancer sufferers and their family.
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| The Hell and Back Dream Team |
Action Month for Fifo was kick started by Geraldine O’Neill who ran the Larne Half Marathon and even offered a prize from her salon for one lucky donator (winner to be announced very shortly). This was followed by water, scaffolding and scars in the Dash of the Titans at Titanic Quarter. The next week saw my brother-in-law Ciaran and lots of our loyal chums endure sweat, blood and tears via 8 foot walls, electric shocks and pellet shots in the infamous ‘Hell and Back’ assault course in County Kildare. But we weren’t finished at that. Weekend commencing 22nd June brought myself, Cormac, my dad and plenty of his cycling buddies to County Clare to take part in the Tour de Burren. If the drive itself wasn’t hard enough, the 54 km cycle offered the opportunity to lose the ability to walk for three days (it was my own fault for not training). Action Month for Fifo was rounded up by our heroic dad who, at 64 years of age, cycled to Dublin and back in two days!
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| Nichola and Jeni chest deep in sludge. |
I could not be more proud of everyone who took part and everyone who kindly donated. We received donations of money, love and much needed support – all of which were needed to keep us going (particularly during Hell and Back).
Action Month for Fifo may be over for now, but we have plenty of activity up our sleeves for the future. We will keep on fundraising to keep Fiona’s memory alive. There is nothing that we can do to turn back time or bring Fi back but what we can do is offer much needed support to charities like Cancer Focus that are dedicated to helping cancer sufferers and their family.
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| Cormac and I on that cycle. My legs and butt were in a state of shock for atleast 24 hours. |
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