Five Alive
Five Months, Five Events, £5000
What We Do
The Five Alive fundraising team was launched at the end of January 2009 to raise money for Cancer Research UK. The aim is for the team to raise £5000 in five months with five race events and five fundraising events.
The first event takes place in March - a Ladies Night fundraiser at Townend of Fulwood.
The final events will be the Great Scottish Swim, a 1 mile open water swim at Strathclyde Country Park, in August and the Great Scottish Run (10K) in September.
Other planned events include -
* Dine at Mine fundraiser
* Race For Life
* Delux bag packing fundraiser
* 3K Junior Great Scottish Run
For full details of all our events, see our Calendar
Who We Are
The Five Alive team committee members include Jacqueline Forrest, Christine Blair and Katie Ronald. Team member Steve Taylor - who plans to do the West Highland Way, non-stop, as one of his events - is able to offer professional coaching to people wishing to join the team.
How You Can Help
There are lots of ways you can get involved:
* Join the team - fundraising is new to us so we'd love you to come and help!
* Enter one of the races - ask your friends and family to sponsor you to take part in one or more of the race events. Don't worry if you've never tried it before, the team are able to offer pre-event training and professional coaching. We will also give you a Five Alive t-shirt and goody bag and can help with transport to the event if necessary.
* Come along to a fundraising event - keep an eye on our calendar and come along to an event that suits you.
* Sponsor someone who is taking part in one of the race events - if you don't know someone who is taking part, contact the team and we'll help you find someone to sponsor.
Thank you
The Five Alive team want to thank everyone who is supporting them in their 5 months, 5 events, £5000 challenge.
* The Stewarton Businesses who have donated so generously to our fundraising events
* The volunteers who are running our fundraising events
* All those who are taking part in the race events
* All our sponsors
We are overwhelmed by all the kindness and enthusiasm shown to our quest, apart from doing so much for cancer research it has taken us on a journey that reminds us there are some wonderful people in this world and we are very fortunate to be blessed by meeting lots of them! Thank you.
Between 5k, 10K, half marathon runs, a 1 mile swim in Strathclyde Park, launch night, ladies night, auction night, Bras and Boxers Band Night and finally the bag packing. It's been a long hard slog, but a lot of fun. We have made many friends and blisters along the way.
Together we have raised:
£5219.33
We couldn't have done this without the help and support of everybody.
The people who made the effort to run, walk, sponsor, swim, bid, bagpack . The people and businesses that gave their goods and services so generously. Thank you one and all, you made it happen.
On Friday 26 March we handed the final cheque over to Cancer Research Uk
Many, many thanks to all the 5 Alive Team.
The Five Alive athletes before their races in May and June.
You can see more photos of these events in our photo gallery.
| March 27 | --- | Ladies Night, Townend of Fulwood |
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| April 26 |
North Glasgow Healthy Living Community 5K Fun Run |
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| May 02 | Dine@Mine, Fulwood | |
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| May 10 |
Ignis Asset Management Women's 10K 2009, Bellahouston Park |
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| May 30 | Charity Auction, The Millhouse, Stewarton | |
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| June 07 | Cancer Research Race For Life, 5K | |
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| Aug 29 | Great Scottish Swim, 1 mile open water | |
| Sept 05 | Junior Great Scottish Run, 10K | |
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| Sept 06 | Great Scottish Run, 10K | |
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| Sept 12 | B&B Fundraising Night | |
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| Sept 20 | Great North Half Marathon | |
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| Mar 12-13 | Bag Packing at Sainsbury's |