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Ever wondered what it takes to put on a world-class boxing event with a charitable twist? Here’s what happens behind the scenes: 1/ Fighters: From amateur participants to retired pros, every fighter undergoes intense training to prepare for the big day. 2/ The Venue: Our team sets up state-of-the-art arenas, complete with drone technology for capturing every angle, bringing a dynamic and immersive experience for both live audiences and online viewers. 3/ The Cause: Months of preparation lead to a single night of excitement – but the impact lasts far longer. With 50% of proceeds going to global charities, each event brings real change to communities in need. But that’s not all! It’s also about building connections, inspiring personal growth, and fostering a spirit of giving back. Whether you’re in the ring or in the audience, you’re part of something bigger. PS: Get involved in our next event and experience the action – and the impact – firsthand. You can visit BBFC here: https://lnkd.in/eknbHmu4 BBFC Business Boxing Fight Club Charity #BoxingForACause #BehindTheScenes #WorldClassEvents #CharityDriven #ImpactfulChange

As the #Paris2024 #OlympicGames are underway, Myriad Canada is proud of a new collaboration with the World Olympians Association! The opening of this fund is part of a wider collaboration at the Myriad Alliance level, involving our partners Myriad Alliance Fondation Roi Baudouin Myriad USA Myriad Australia 🌎 The general aim of this new Fund at Myriad Canada is to support Olympians and empower them to serve their local communities and society at large. Activities may include educational projects for Olympians, helping them transition to a life beyond competitive sport after retirement; and projects benefiting the local communities of Olympians and society at large. To support this project: https://lnkd.in/eVCNJsaJ Myriad Alliance Fondation Roi Baudouin Myriad USA Give2Asia Myriad Australia The Gift Trust New Zealand

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🏃♂️🌟 Breaking News! 🌟🏃♂️ Well it happened… I’m in the TCS London Marathon 2025! Who would’ve thought? With the ballot odds being what they are, I figured my chances were about as good as winning the lottery. But here I am, all signed up and ready to run like I’ve stolen something. Now, here’s where it gets interesting – and trust me, you’ll want to pay attention. This is a one-off, exclusive opportunity that you simply cannot miss: be the FIRST person to sponsor me! That’s right, your name will be immortalised at the very top of my sponsorship form. Think of the bragging rights! 🤩 But wait, there’s more! The second, third, and fourth sponsorship spots are also up for grabs. 😏 I’ve chosen to support the Alzheimer's Society’s, a very important and worthy cause. Even though I didn’t have to choose a charity, I believe in making every step count. Now, I should mention, I’ve never run a marathon before. Not once (hadn’t even considered it until watching this year’s marathon on TV). So, if you have any tips, tricks, or secret running hacks, I’m all ears. Seriously, I have no idea what I’ve signed up for!!! Ready to be part of this adventure and make a difference? Click the link to my charity page below and be the hero I need. 🦸♂️🦸♀️ https://lnkd.in/ekkjDtFr Let’s do this together! 💪 #LondonMarathon2025 #AlzheimersSociety #Charity #RunningForACause #ExclusiveOpportunity #SponsorMe

Bet you’ve never heard of this extreme sport! And it has so many fans that they opened a world championship. Extreme Ironing has been a Thing since the eighties, but took off as an official sport in the last 27 years. Let me tell you about the 2002 championship. There were 5 rounds and all 12 (12!!!) teams from across the globe took part in each round. 🚙 Round 1: iron around, inside, or on top of a broken car. Perfectly normal, right? 🌊 Round 2: Iron while standing in the middle of a flowing river. (No, I don’t know how you plug in an iron while standing in a river.) 🌳 Round 3: Climb up a tree (with your ironing board, of course) and do some ironing. 💪 Round 4: Climb a wall and iron there. 🤔 Round 5: Iron freestyle, wherever you want. For your information, the German team won that year. But that’s nothing. People have been schlepping their ironing boards up mountains and ironing there too (see picture). And if Extreme Ironing sounds like your kind of thing, why not raise money while you do it? The Three Peaks Challenge involves climbing the 3 highest mountains in England, Scotland, and Wales—within 24 hours. Oh, by the way, you’ll need to carry your ironing board with you. Not for me. How about you? Time to get ready for Rosh Hashanah! DM me for a personalized package. Get your teeth into Tanach by joining Treasures from Tanach: weekly quizzes, trivia, and Leshon Hakodesh tidbits. Sign up link in my profile. #fundraising #nonprofit #nonprofits #goldfinchcopy

This is the best event for team-building. Whether you are a small or large business, organization, a group of ladies who do book club, church groups, public safety, or high school teams, you name it, this event will bring you closer together AND raises money for a GREAT cause. So what are you talking about Craig!?!? It's the 2024 #PlanePullChallenge to benefit Special Olympics Indiana, happening on SATURDAY August 10th. So what is the Plane Pull Challenge? I am glad you asked. 😉 Are you strong enough to take on an 82-ton Boeing 757 jetliner in a massive game of tug-of-war? Take the Plane Pull® Challenge and find out! Special Olympics Indiana's largest single-day fundraiser offers a unique opportunity for your team of up to 15 people to compete against others to determine who will be the fastest to pull the 82-ton aircraft down a 12-foot track. The fastest team in each division will receive an award. The Plane Pull Challenge also features a festival-like atmosphere. The Indianapolis International Airport postal hub will be transformed with live music, food, souvenirs, games, and other activities throughout the day. THIS EVENT IS FREE TO ATTEND! Each team of 15 is asked to raise at least $1,200 in pledges (an average of less than $100 per person). Further instructions are in the link below. Donations can be made online, easily, safely, and securely. All donations will automatically be added to your team total. Then, keep an eye on the leaderboard as prizes will be awarded to the top fundraisers. All funds raised through the Plane Pull Challenge support our more than 19,000 athletes as well as our organization’s efforts to end discrimination and empower people with intellectual disabilities across the state of Indiana. *EVENT SPONSORSHIPS ARE STILL AVAILABLE!! Please DM me if interested. To find out more, register a team, &/or make a donation, please visit: https://lnkd.in/gDmpzj8b (If you have sponsored/participated previously in the event, could you reply with how many years and what it means to your group.)

HOW CAN YOU HELP?? I have had people ask how they can help as the Coppell 5K for Special Olympics is coming up on June 1st. Here is how you can help. 1. Sign up to participate! There is a 5K, and a 1 mile, both help give back to Coppell Special Olympics. WANT A T-Shirt? We are ordering the t-shirts ASAP so please help us by signing up TODAY. Sign Up Here www.getyouinshape.com/5K 2. Donate - Go here to make a donation https://lnkd.in/gPQ4BsuQ 3. Volunteer - We have some volunteer spots on Wednesday, Friday and Saturday. There is Sign Up Genius (here is the link https://lnkd.in/gpZ3JRvj... ) with the available spots that are described below. Wednesday May 29 - we are assembling the race packets to give to the runners. We will meet at 6:30 pm at the small pavilion next to the Grand Pavilion. This usually takes about an hour. We have one person signed up, and could use 7 more! Friday May 31 - We have two packet pick up times where you will check in the runners, distribute shirts, race packet and bib. The two times are 10:45am-1:30pm, and 4:15pm to 7:00pm. This will also be at the small pavilion. Saturday Race Day- If you are a participant and want to arrive a little early, there are race day packet pick up and registration spots open. This would start at 6:30am, and you would have time to warm up and participate. If you are not participating you can help with these as well! Also if you are not participating, you can help with setting up the snack table once the race starts. The above items are on the Sign Up Genius. If you have trouble accessing it, then email me the spot you are interested in. Also if you have questions about the spots let me know. On race day it is great to have a few people cheering on the runners, if you would like to come do that. Finally, I usually do the shopping for the snack table, but if someone would like to do that, please let me know - prefer to have that done by Friday evening, and I can usually get it done, but will take a helper. This is not on the sign up so if you are interested please email me at support@getyouinshape.com. We appreciate any help you can give to this event!

A New Year opportunity for the right kind of charity! 2 year partnership with Premiership Rugby. You don't see these kind of opportunities come up often, and with such clearly thought out processes and documents, so one for many charities and fundraisers to actively consider. I've put some free tips and thought starters below from having approached these kinds of opportunities so many times in my career. Firstly, I would always recommend reaching out in the first instance when you see these kind of opportunities if they genuinely feel like a fit, so it's great to see this has been proactively offered by Laylla. Especially as the themes are so broad. These conversations have helped me so many times to decide whether or not it was worth pursuing an application. But what do you ask to help you get this clarity? Here's some ideas I've used successfully on scoping calls and internally: - What are your motivations for launching this new type of partnership? - What difficulties at [org/company] are you hoping this new partnership can help you overcome? - At the end of the two years, if you were sharing a story of impact from this partnership, what do you think the most powerful story would be? - Who is your main audience for this partnership? Who do you most want to see, and be influenced by it? - Is there a partnership you've worked on already, or one you've seen in the sports space, that you really admired? And why? Technical questions are trickier so think about the ones that would really help your cause to decide, but from my experience I'd look at: - Do you have any preferences for brand recognition amongst fans for your chosen charity partner? (ie do you want to make transformative change for a less heard of name, or do you want that instant recognition?) - Is it strongest to have a charity that crosses all your chosen themes, or one that laser focuses on a single theme? - Who, or what roles, are making up the decision making panel? You also need to satisfy yourself internally of a couple of points and ideally also discuss with the potential partner: 1. That the fundraising opportunities will produce a reasonable return (are there, for instance, opportunities to also be selected/invited by sponsors to their charity processes) - and what support you'd get from the partner to raise money (vs having to do everything yourself)? If you have 'ready to go' sports offerings (races, challenges) can these be promoted? 2. Gambling/alcohol - particularly as themes include children and health/wellbeing - your brand will be alongside alcohol brands that I can immediately see and a lot of high level sports involves gambling now unfortunately. How will you approach this with that in mind? Its well worth checking your ethical policies before proceeding further, or reaching out to your fundraising trustee to get their experiences. Good luck to charities going for this one! Exciting start to your 2025 🏉 💫

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There are 3 groups of people I will champion until the day I die: 1️⃣ senior citizens, 2️⃣ young people, and 3️⃣ anyone who could be a Special Olympian. On May 30, I will be donating my time to speak at Big Hearts for Seniors, a wonderful event that raises much-needed funds for senior citizens, and I could not be more excited! The theme of the event is LOVE STORIES and let me tell you, it will be a miracle if I make it to the end of my story without love running down my cheeks and puddling on stage. This is a big event with 7 people sharing from the depths of their hearts, so think of it as a night of live storytelling, connection, and entertainment with a very important purpose. The only way we are going to help seniors is to: ❤️ fill the Lydia Mendelssohn Theater/Michigan League in Ann Arbor with big-hearted people like YOU, (tickets are on sale NOW, it's on May 30 at 7:00pm) 💜 bid on the silent auction items between May 23-30 (just NOT the stuff I'm bidding on!😉) 💙 and find individuals & businesses to sponsor the event (sponsors receive a host of benefits including 2 tickets, and if you sponsor before April 26, your info will be in event emails). Information about all of the above is on the website below. (I didn't add the site to this narrative, in hopes that LinkedIn will push this out to more people). You can also help by sharing this entire post, inviting people from groups or churches you belong to, and reaching out to me or the event hosts for more info. Let's do this! ❤️❤️❤️ #seniorcare #storytelling #professionalspeaker