Well done to all our STEPtember participants on your journey so far – all 36 teams of you!
You’re not only engaging in healthy activity, but also supporting a great cause – the Cerebral Palsy Society of New Zealand. While STEPtember is a worldwide campaign, your fundraising is going towards cutting-edge research, and providing programmes and services to enhance their quality of life for both those with cerebral palsy & the people caring for them – all right here in New Zealand.
Keep reading for some tips on raising your fundraising totals.
But first, here is our leaderboard:
Most steps:
1. Team Eight Legs, 1,127,097 steps
Catherine Delaporte, Trudy Vinkenvleugel, Rhys Davey, Inger Andersen
2. UPC Ladies, 1,076,344 steps
Sarah Sommerville, Renee Peeni, Debbie Loots, Andrea Thumath
3. The Waewae Express, 782,041 steps
Anaru Parangi, John Taufa, Paul Hays, Blair Sorensen
4. Step the EFT up!, 606,134 steps
Farhana Nalar, Jody Bennett, Ching-Ting Fu, Ciarin Smith
5. Team Walk 4 Fun, 591,915
Angela Hunt, Sharon Jacobson, Lisa Ing, Adriana Lovatt
Highest fundraising total:
The Unitec team with the highest fundraising total so far is Tika (Glenn Mckay, Mary Johnston, Merran Davis and David Glover – go ELT!!).
If you’ve struggled to get off the ground with your fundraising, here are a few ideas you can try:
- Email the link to your page to your family and friends, letting them know the commitment you’ve made to STEPtember, and what their donation will contribute to.
- Be social: Share your progress and link to your page on social media
- Think outside the box: one top fundraiser promised to shave his head once he reached his target, and other team committed to walking around Sydney in Gorilla suits once they hit their target…what could you do to entice your friends, family and colleagues to donate?!
There are some great materials you can use, such as a frame for your social media profile, on the STEPtember website.
Keep up the great work everyone, there are just TWO WEEKS to go until the end of STEPtemer…who will be our stepping and fundraising champs?
For more information about STEPtember and the Cerebral Palsy Society of New Zealand, visit the STEPtember website.