A fundraising update!
We've still...yes, STILL... got some sponsorship to come in (chasing everyone up is hard work, especially when you don't know who some of the people are!!) but we can say that we've definitely raised over £13 000 which is ABSOLUTELY AMAZING! We are so happy (and suprised) that we've managed to raise so much. There are loads of Channel swimmers who have nowhere near the amount of support and backing that we've had so we want to say a MASSIVE thank you to absolutely everyone who sponsored us or just supported us in general. We definitely wouldn't have made it across alone!!!
I will update with the final amount as soon as it all comes in and we get in confirmed with the Precious Lives Appeal... only about £100 left to come in now.
Em on behalf of L.E.N.S. Team XXX
Thursday, 7 January 2010
Awards
Hi!
You might have heard, but if you haven't, in November we journeyed up to Dover to the Channel Swimming Federation's annual dinner for everyone who successfully made the crossing this year. To our suprise (but not Len's, as he already knew and sneakily didn't tell us) we were given 2 awards by the CSF!!!
The first was for the Fastest Ladies Relay and the 2nd was for the Greatest Feat of Endurance By a Relay Team. We were so so happy to get these awards and it just really topped off the whole experience for us. The dinner was lovely and very posh and exciting. I duly collected the special name places and confetti and stuff for the scrapbook I'm still attempting...
At the dinner we were also given our handwritten certificates saying we had successfully swam across the Channel in 15 hours and 35 minutes etc, which are beautiful.
After this, the 4 of us were awarded full swimming colours by the school in assembly a few weeks ago which was also a lovely thing to get (though I've already lost my badge after the second day of wearing it which is annoying). The head based an entire assembly on US - it's like we're famous - which was also fun. All that just highlights the huge help the school have been.
Rose (Len's daughter) is currently working on making a photo kind of book on the swim which apparently are nearly done, so hopefully we'll get copies of them soon. Jim (Sarah's dad) has finished his plotting of our route across the Channel too, so we'll have copies of that soon. I'll try and scan one onto here when I get one.
More updates soon.
Em XXX
You might have heard, but if you haven't, in November we journeyed up to Dover to the Channel Swimming Federation's annual dinner for everyone who successfully made the crossing this year. To our suprise (but not Len's, as he already knew and sneakily didn't tell us) we were given 2 awards by the CSF!!!
The first was for the Fastest Ladies Relay and the 2nd was for the Greatest Feat of Endurance By a Relay Team. We were so so happy to get these awards and it just really topped off the whole experience for us. The dinner was lovely and very posh and exciting. I duly collected the special name places and confetti and stuff for the scrapbook I'm still attempting...
At the dinner we were also given our handwritten certificates saying we had successfully swam across the Channel in 15 hours and 35 minutes etc, which are beautiful.
After this, the 4 of us were awarded full swimming colours by the school in assembly a few weeks ago which was also a lovely thing to get (though I've already lost my badge after the second day of wearing it which is annoying). The head based an entire assembly on US - it's like we're famous - which was also fun. All that just highlights the huge help the school have been.
Rose (Len's daughter) is currently working on making a photo kind of book on the swim which apparently are nearly done, so hopefully we'll get copies of them soon. Jim (Sarah's dad) has finished his plotting of our route across the Channel too, so we'll have copies of that soon. I'll try and scan one onto here when I get one.
More updates soon.
Em XXX
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