Mtn Muscle Warriors summit Kilimanjaro
NEWS ALERT - the Mountain Muscle Warriors successfully summited Mt. Kilimanjaro on Tuesday 13 September 2011 between 08.00hrs - 09.30hrs at Uhuru Peak at 5895m - so far, over £10,000 (incl gift-aid) has been raised for the charity - huge congratulations!
Introducing the Mountain Muscle Warriors! Their mission is simple – 11 inexperienced mountain climbers, 1 huge mountain … in aid of children who suffer from Muscular Dystrophy. On Thursday 8 September 2011, the team will depart the UK heading to Tanzania and hopefully they will reach the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro at nearly 6000m via the Rongai route – none of them have done anything like this before! Personal and team goals have been set, training began some months ago, they’re learning about the mountain, they’re learning about each other, team spirit is strong, their journey has begun …
Pictured below are members of the Mountain Muscle Warriors team who buddied-up with a number of boys with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) at a friendly, informal evening event hosted at the University of Hertfordshire in collaboration with the Duchenne Family Support Group (DFSG), a partner to The Muscle Help Foundation.
The purpose of the event was to bring together families and DMD boys who took precious time out of their busy lives to come and personally meet the team. It also provided a useful platform for everyone to learn a little more about the Kili-boys and the charity as well as an opportunity for the Mountain Muscle Warriors to learn more about Muscular Dystrophy and the charity’s Muscle Dreams programme.
The team came together in early 2010 and is being galvanised by UH (University of Hertfordshire) Sports and Exercise Science student Lewis Francotte pictured below (bottom-right, on left knee). Their aim is to raise awareness and funds for the charity’s Muscle Dreams programme that delivers amazing experiences in the UK for children and young people with the muscle wasting disease Muscular Dystrophy.
The other team members are: Issac Searle, Dan Grimes, Ben Luck, Fabrizio Gargiulo, Tom Parkins, Justin Roberts, Dominic Boyle, Matt Thorneycroft, Mukti Limbu and Ian Glasscock who recently joined following a successful bid on a rather unique auction star prize that provided the 11th place on the team ... welcome Ian!
The Mountain Muscle Warriors invite your support – this is how you can get involved:
You can show your support by giving what you can – to visit their dedicated Virgin Money Giving page, just click on the screen grab below, make your online donation and help them reach the summit of the mountain … don't forget to leave leave a suitably motivational comment! Thanks!
Alternatively, you can follow their progress on Facebook – to visit their page, simply type into the Facebook search browser: The Mountain Muscle Warriors Kilimanjaro Charity Adventure
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GET INVOLVED TODAY BY … Gifting for example vital resources ie. time, people, contacts, hotels, experiential or memorabilia items for our charity’s key auction events etc so we can concentrate on delivering more Muscle Dreams Become a Trustee, join our Management Team, become an MHF Friend or simply help us grow our network of MHF Ambassadors Nominate us as your Charity of the Year (COY) Raise funds by creating a Muscle Warrior team challenge event and by default, your company commits to helping us deliver one or more Muscle Dreams Recruit a Muscle Warrior team to take part in our annual GRIM-day outdoor 8 mile off-road fun adventure run Implement a Muscle Warrior CSR programme that drives employee engagement and rewards performance For further information, email ceo@musclehelp.com or phone the charity on +44 (0) 1763 274658 |
About Muscular Dystrophy (MD)
Muscular Dystrophy is the single biggest genetic killer of children in our world today. With some 75,000 UK sufferers being robbed of their mobility, independence and finally, for those with the most severe form known as Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD), their lives. The charity delivers experiences for people directly affected by this debilitating disease.
About Muscle Dreams
Muscle Dreams are amazing experiences in the UK designed to help children and young people whose lives are afflicted by the muscle-wasting disease, muscular dystrophy (MD), the opportunity to live a dream, or perhaps fulfil a cherished ambition. Muscle Dreams can cost anywhere between £500 to for example £5000 – whilst the charity will do its utmost at all times, it is unable to fund every Muscle Dream nomination received.
**Important Note for Journalists / Editors**
The charity works very hard to avoid language such as ‘grant wishes’ or ‘realise dreams’ or ‘fulfil special days’, which is very much in keeping with the approach of some other well-known charities. The Muscle Help Foundation delivers Muscle Dreams – we would be grateful if editors would ensure that this is communicated in this manner – thank you
From the press office of The Muscle Help Foundation
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