Fundraising Spinnathon for child protection

Are you feel­ing a bit out of touch with your com­munity and you would like to do some­thing for a good cause but are not sure what, then why not head down to Canal Walk in Cape Town on Saturday 5 December and take part in the "Make a Difference Spinnathon".

Virgin Active and Canal Walk are join­ing up with the Friends of Child Protection (FCP) to host a fun­drais­ing Spinnathon and the pro­ceeds of this event will go towards the much needed Comfort Packs that FCP sup­plies to the fam­ily viol­ence, child pro­tec­tion and sexual offences units of the South African police. This is def­in­itely some­thing we should all get involved with ...

Who are the Friends of Child Protection you may be won­der­ing and if so let’s give you a quick run­down. Established in 2002 the FCP has provided thou­sands of com­fort packs to SAPS child pro­tec­tion units through­out the Western Cape and the state hos­pit­als. Comfort packs are vital for those chil­dren who have been raped and abused as they provide these vul­ner­able chil­dren with some sta­bil­ity and soothe them in their time of dis­tress. All of this work is done on a volun­teer basis and once a month a group of 25–30 volun­teers get together to make up these com­fort packs.

The event on Saturday 5 December 2009 will take place for nearly the entire day as it starts at 11h00 to 20h00 at La Piazza. Everyone is invited to take part in this Spinnathon from the gen­eral pub­lic, cyc­ling teams as well as cor­por­ate teams. The aim is to get as many people to spin for an hour, or if your legs can handle it for the entire 8 hours, to raise aware­ness and to make their con­tri­bu­tion to child protection.

To book your timeslot you’ll need R100 per hour timeslot for adults and R50 for a 30 minute timeslot for chil­dren aged 12–16 years. You can con­tact Kirstin Lund for an entry form on +27 (0)21 790–701, you may also enter on the day, how­ever timeslots will be on a first come first serve basis.

As well as the Spinning there will be com­fort packs being assembled on the day, which the FCP will try to fill with you, the public’s help. There will be a list of items required for each pack and on aver­age each pack costs R55. Come on and do your part to give back to your com­munity, sup­port this worthy cause.

Child pro­tec­tion is in everyone’s interests as chil­dren are our future.

For addi­tional info see:
Website: http://www.friendsofchildprotection.com/