10K a day for Misión México
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Each December, Misión México holds a Giving Tuesday / Big Give Campaign. This November also marks Misión México's 20th anniversary. In honor of their anniversary and the upcoming fundraising campaign, they are holding what has come to be known as the Move for Misión México - 20/20/20 Challenge.
What is the 20/20/20 Challenge - as a Global Family, we will be covering 20,000 kilometers on foot, bike, in the water, any way you can think while working together to raise £20,000 for the education program at MM, all in honor of their 20th anniversary!
All money raised through this fundraiser will go towards MM's education program. Drop out rates are very high in Mexico and corruption plagues a very well funded public education system. Only about 45% of students in Mexico end up finishing secondary school / middle school. MM's education program does its part in ensuring that the young people in their care have every opportunity to accomplish their educational goals. In addition, it has begun to expand their outreach to help kids in the community not only have access to education but to a support system to help them excel in it.
For the 20/20/20 Challenge, each supporter has been encouraged to create a personal challenge, unique to their abilities, to help reach the distance and fundraising goals. Since I like to go to the extreme when it comes to supporting a cause I believe in (i.e. running across America twice), I have decided this should be no different.
What my challenge will look like - I will be running 10km a day, with no rest days, for each child at MM. There are currently 32 children across the various programs and I will also be adding an extra day to honor the life of Vidalicia as her story is a wonderful representation of the importance of the education program. This means, I will be running 10 kilometers a day for 33 days straight and on the 34th day, I will run 20 kilometers for MM's 20th anniversary.
When will this take place - my personal challenge will start on October 21st. My challenge will finish on the 23rd of November, MM's anniversary, with my 20-kilometer run. Between now and October, I will continue to log kilometers to help MM reach their 20,000km mark over the 20-week challenge.
How can you support - my fundraising page will be open for the duration of the 20-week challenge. You can help me reach my goal over that time by making a donation if you have the means. If not, no problem - just sharing this fundraising page with your network is also a huge help!
You can log kilometers on behalf of Misión México, keep track of our progress and learn more about this fundraising challenge by checking out our Strava group here.
Some minor details - I am raising this money through GoFundMe leading up to MM's Big Give campaign that takes place between Dec 1-8. This GoFundMe will end that week and I will send all donations to MM through that fundraising campaign. The good news? Any money donated through that campaign will then be doubled by generous supporters!
What is the 20/20/20 Challenge - as a Global Family, we will be covering 20,000 kilometers on foot, bike, in the water, any way you can think while working together to raise £20,000 for the education program at MM, all in honor of their 20th anniversary!
All money raised through this fundraiser will go towards MM's education program. Drop out rates are very high in Mexico and corruption plagues a very well funded public education system. Only about 45% of students in Mexico end up finishing secondary school / middle school. MM's education program does its part in ensuring that the young people in their care have every opportunity to accomplish their educational goals. In addition, it has begun to expand their outreach to help kids in the community not only have access to education but to a support system to help them excel in it.
For the 20/20/20 Challenge, each supporter has been encouraged to create a personal challenge, unique to their abilities, to help reach the distance and fundraising goals. Since I like to go to the extreme when it comes to supporting a cause I believe in (i.e. running across America twice), I have decided this should be no different.
What my challenge will look like - I will be running 10km a day, with no rest days, for each child at MM. There are currently 32 children across the various programs and I will also be adding an extra day to honor the life of Vidalicia as her story is a wonderful representation of the importance of the education program. This means, I will be running 10 kilometers a day for 33 days straight and on the 34th day, I will run 20 kilometers for MM's 20th anniversary.
When will this take place - my personal challenge will start on October 21st. My challenge will finish on the 23rd of November, MM's anniversary, with my 20-kilometer run. Between now and October, I will continue to log kilometers to help MM reach their 20,000km mark over the 20-week challenge.
How can you support - my fundraising page will be open for the duration of the 20-week challenge. You can help me reach my goal over that time by making a donation if you have the means. If not, no problem - just sharing this fundraising page with your network is also a huge help!
You can log kilometers on behalf of Misión México, keep track of our progress and learn more about this fundraising challenge by checking out our Strava group here.
Some minor details - I am raising this money through GoFundMe leading up to MM's Big Give campaign that takes place between Dec 1-8. This GoFundMe will end that week and I will send all donations to MM through that fundraising campaign. The good news? Any money donated through that campaign will then be doubled by generous supporters!
Organizer
Anna Balch
Organizer
Richmond, VA
