FIVE Basingstoke schoolboys are completing a ‘Marathon for Mind’ to raise money and awareness for Mental Health Awareness Week. Aldworth School Year 10 pupils James Wood, Ethan Hockley, Charles Pierce and Max Pierce, and Andrew Aylward in Year 8 are all members of the school’s Charity Club and are collectively running 26.2 miles on treadmills after school this week to raise funds for the charity Mind, which supports people experiencing mental health difficulties. Ethan told the Gazette: “We found the training to be ok, but different to the actual challenge because we trained outside and not on treadmills. We slowly built up our training over the last few weeks by running around the playground before school so that we were in a good position to tackle the challenge.”
By Christina Lorey
Jan 14, 2021 11:35 PM
MADISON, Wis.– After a rough start to the new year, it’s always nice to hear some
good news.
The ladies behind the local non-profit ‘ReMitts‘ have some to share, and they say it’s thanks in part to the generosity of News 3 viewers!
News 3 Now This Morning featured ‘ReMitts’ on its ‘Make a Difference Monday’ series this December; the group makes mittens out of donated sweaters and sells them to raise money for charity.
This year, founder Janet Tupy was hoping to raise $56,000. The group ended up collecting $100,000!
The group gathered outside Liliana’s Restaurant, one of the local businesses that sold ReMitts mittens, Thursday afternoon to celebrate.
good news.
The ladies behind the local non-profit ‘ReMitts‘ have some to share, and they say it’s thanks in part to the generosity of News 3 viewers!
News 3 Now This Morning featured ‘ReMitts’ on its ‘Make a Difference Monday’ series this December; the group makes mittens out of donated sweaters and sells them to raise money for charity.
This year, founder Janet Tupy was hoping to raise $56,000. The group ended up collecting $100,000!
The group gathered outside Liliana’s Restaurant, one of the local businesses that sold ReMitts mittens, Thursday afternoon to celebrate.
Tupy said sales soared after News 3 aired her story. She wanted to thank the viewers who helped her group make a difference. She also wanted to thank the local businesses who sold her group’s mittens.
To fight global poverty.
The concept of ‘fair trade’ allows artisans and farmers to secure long-term trading partnerships for their products, giving them job security and the opportunity to build better lives for themselves, their families, and their communities. Many of the artisans are from third-world countries. Right now, those countries are
also fighting the added challenge of COVID-19.
“This is truly a pandemic,” said Loreen Epp, President & CEO of SERRV International. “And their situations are even worse than here.”
“They’re lacking healthcare and hospitals. Hospitals can turn them away very easily. They don’t have the sanitary conditions we have. Distancing is hard when you’re living in a slum. Just the population density alone makes it so difficult.”
To fight global poverty.
The concept of ‘fair trade’ allows artisans and farmers to secure long-term trading partnerships for their products, giving them job security and the opportunity to build better lives for themselves, their families, and their communities. Many of the artisans are from third-world countries. Right now, those countries are
also fighting the added challenge of COVID-19.
“This is truly a pandemic,” said Loreen Epp, President & CEO of SERRV International. “And their situations are even worse than here.”
“They’re lacking healthcare and hospitals. Hospitals can turn them away very easily. They don’t have the sanitary conditions we have. Distancing is hard when you’re living in a slum. Just the population density alone makes it so difficult.”