We’re always keen to help promote the excellent work of the Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust. Peta has news of the latest initiative. Ed
‘BUY A MILE’ for charity and win your chance to fire the starting signal at this year’s J.P. Morgan Asset Management Round the Island Race.
Help the Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust, the official charity of this year’s J.P. Morgan Asset Management Round the Island Race, raise £31,500 and get six boats with eight crew members virtually Round the Island through its new ‘BUY A MILE’ fundraising initiative.
How does it work?
Each of the 30 young people racing on the six competing Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust yachts in this year’s Round the Island Race will be looking to sell 50 virtual race miles, before they cross the finishing line on Saturday, 25th June.
Every mile purchased will move the chosen virtual yacht forward one mile and you can track each boat’s progress online.
Miles can be purchased at different values from £10 – £50 and there is the added appeal that if you buy your mile before 1st June 2011, you could be firing the starting gun on the steps of the Royal Yacht Squadron at 5.50am on the 25th June, with the soon-to-be-announced celebrity race starter.
Buy your mile online
To make your donation, visit the Buy A Mile Website and select a boat and crew member you would like to support and buy a virtual mile of the Race.
You can also choose to get Trust Patron Dame Ellen MacArthur virtually round the Island, as she will also be joining the young people on the water again this year.
For the 2011 edition of the Race, Ellen will be competing on Moonspray, the Trust’s GibSea 44. Last year she had a great day on the water with the young people from the Trust, finishing 493th overall in the ISC standing and 17th in class.
Dame Ellen MacArthur said, “It’s fantastic to be able to offer 30 young people in recovery from cancer the inspirational experience of competing with up to 16,000 other sailors in Britain’s biggest one day sailing event. I hope through the ‘Buy a Mile’ fundraising we can help many more young people in their recovery from the illness in the future.”
If successful will help 63 young people
If all the miles are bought, it will enable the Trust to take another 63 young people sailing in 2012, helping them to regain their confidence on their way to recovery from cancer and leukaemia.
Since J.P. Morgan Asset Management became title sponsor of the Round the Island Race £350,000 has been raised for good causes. With the Island Sailing Club and the other race partners involvement, the plan is to increase this to figure to £500,000 by the end of 2011.
Alternatively you can phone the Trust and donate directly on +44 (0)1983 297750.
