It鈥檚 no secret that each year inspirational fundraisers from all over the UK reveal their inner hero by organising some amazing fundraising adventures for 主播大秀 Children in Need. This year鈥檚 current crop of fundraisers may be the most glorious yet - we鈥檝e seen all sorts of mountain-climbing, record-breaking, head-shaving, lawn-mowing, cake-baking, photo-shooting antics, and it looks like there鈥檚 plenty more to come. One of the very best things about our fundraising heroes is that anyone can be one - Just by getting out and there and fundraising you鈥檒l be changing lives, and this makes you a hero in our book!
We鈥檙e taking some time out this week to introduce some more of our inspirational fundraisers.听Meet Hanni, a twelve-year-old hero from Hertfordshire. We were lucky enough to receive a hand-written letter from Hanni telling us all about herself and her big idea:
鈥淚 am twelve years old. I go to school in Hertfordshire. I enjoy playing tennis and cooking, and I have an older brother and sister and a sausage dog called Chester. My big idea is to make a book about what makes people happy! I am asking lots of interesting and famous people to write or draw what makes them happy. I will then put them all in a book that people can buy. All the money from sales of this book will be donated to 主播大秀 Children in Need. So far I have got over 30 responses from celebrities!
Some of the people who have sent me entries are: Michael McIntyre, Little Mix, Cliff Richard, Daley Thompson, Jim Carter from Downton Abbey, Olly Murs, Denise Van-Outen and Kimberley Walsh! Some people, like John Bishop and Nicole Sherzinger, actually took the time to draw what makes them happy!鈥�
Hanni with some of the letters she's recieved.
And so Hanni has embarked upon her fundraising mission. Along the way she鈥檒l no doubt encounter many more interesting people to add to her book. In fact, the team at Strictly Come Dancing were so impressed with Hanni鈥檚 letter they even invited her to studios to talk to all the cast! Looks like this book will be bursting at the seams with top names. Watch out on this blog and on our social media channels as we鈥檒l keep you up to date with Hanni鈥檚 adventure!
Speaking of adventures, we recently heard about a very heroic mission undertaken by the team at DHL Retail Business Support. The team raised money for 主播大秀 Children in Need by being sponsored to push their colleague, who is a wheelchair user, up Mount Snowdon in a specially adapted wheelchair. Just to give some perspective, Snowden is the highest mountain in England and Wales at 3,650 feet high! Courageous stuff, and an ambitious attempt! The team chose a route that made the distance to the summit five miles, which meant with the return journey the team travelled a climbed and descended a total of ten miles! Pudsey thought that the teams adventure was such a great effort he even turned up on the day for some moral support!
A big well done to all of the fundraising heroes on the climbing team: Nigel Gallier, Richard Baldwin-Hay, Paul Walker, Gareth Donovan, Stephen Palfreeman, Nicola Crick, Anna Taylor, Karen Denoven, Sonia Legowska, Tom Smith, Claire Wilson,听 Jim Meehan, Chris Read and Scott Roberts.
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The brave DHL team on the day of the challenge!
The climb was successfully completed in September, and the team鈥檚 fantastic fundraising efforts have so far raised over 拢6,000 for 主播大秀 Children in Need 鈥� an amazing achievement. So, we鈥檇 like to say a big, big thank you from Pudsey and team; without fundraisers like you, we wouldn鈥檛 be able to fund over 2700 projects, 365 days a year, helping disadvantaged children and young people all over the UK, and right where you live.
If you've chosen to be a fundraising hero, we think you deserve some recognition. Help us to celebrate you and your great work by getting in touch and telling us about all the brave fundraising听 you've been embarking. Simply email your local address on page, and tag us @主播大秀CiN on and or @Pudsey Bear on Facebook. Don't forget to use our official hashtags to help us spread the excitement - #bakeit, #pyjamas, #songanddance and our main hashtag for 2013 - #BeAHero.
If you still haven't decided what you'll be doing to fundraise this year, it's not too late to get involved! A great place to start is by downloading one of our free . Or if you prefer, you can order one in the . You'll be full of inspirational ideas in no time at all!
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