Ropes and Walkathons

If you read this post over on Simply Multicultural, you'll know about my family's bafflement with Walkathons when we first arrived in Australia.

Thankfully, now that I have kids of my own, I totally get Walkathons and understand the role they play in school fund raising.  It's such a simple thing for kids to do - walk - and our school makes such a big day out of it, with dress ups, a sausage sizzle and awesome prizes for the biggest fund raisers, that the kids actually really look forward to the day.

This year our school is raising funds for some awesome rope climbing play equipment (as demonstrated here by one of my sons) and I am here asking for your help.

Finding sponsors for the Walkathon falls mainly on the parents' shoulders and because I work and socialise mostly on the internet, I am asking you, the people of the internet, for help.

I would really, really appreciate it if you could sponsor one, or both, of my children for the walkathon.

You can do it in two ways:  either donate a fixed amount, say $10 per child, or you can pledge a set amount for each lap they complete, for example $1 per lap.  They can walk a maximum of ten laps.

The Walkathon will be held on 13 March.

All you need to do is press this giant Walkathon button to sponsor my kids now.  If sponsoring per lap, just leave a comment letting me know how much you wish to pledge per lap.  I will contact you after the Walkathon with details of how to send your donation.

Thank you so much!

If you'd like to see your logo here for the next 3 or 6 months check out my sponsorship packages for the Digital Parents Conference 2012: