Walk/Sponsor me to raise money for research

[Anne Klepacz]

That's great, Rachel! Are you doing the 6 mile or the 15 mile walk? I'll certainly look out for you! And it's good to see you've got a lot of support already.
Anne

[lizzi c-j]

Hi Anne,
We are doing the 6 mile walk because Lizzie is younger than 13 so she is unable to tale part in the longer walk!
Hopefully we will stand out and maybe raise awareness of Keratoconus! Anyway we will have fun making fools of ourselves (mind you Lizzi is begining to regret the costumes!)
Rachel

[Anne Klepacz]

Then I'll definitely see you. (I'm doing the 6 mile walk cos my knees are too old to cope with 15!) I've included an article about the walk in our next newsletter, which will be with all our postal mailing list members in the next few days. So maybe more of our members will join us or think about sponsoring us.
It should be a fun evening!
Many thanks for joining in.
Anne

[Lewis-W]

Unfortunately my band has a gig on the day of the walk Anne, otherwise I'd have been on the train down to London to take part!

However, I'm just about to click on to your donations page to do my bit

Best of luck to everyone who is taking part in the walk!

[Anne Klepacz]

Have a great gig, Lewis, and many thanks for your support.
I do find it strange that both Rachel and I seem to be getting more support from our non KC friends than from all the people who use this forum. Come on KC-ers, surely you want more research into KC to improve the quality of all our lives? I can't think of a cause that should be closer to the hearts of everyone here.
Anne

[Anne Klepacz]

Just wanted to say many, many thanks to all the people who have sponsored me in the last few days. You've put a big smile on my face!
The walk is this Friday - I haven't dared to look at the weather forecast for that night yet. So please lots of positive thinking from everyone to make sure it doesn't pour with rain.
Thanks again
Anne

[lizzi c-j]

Hi Anne
We are looking forward to the CarrotNight Walk tomorrow. Just looked at the weather forecast! Unfortunately it looks a bit wet! I hope the dye in our carrot tops doesn't run. I think Lizzie is looking forward to a trip to London which doesn't involve someone examining her eyes.
Good luck for tomorrow, hope to see you there!
Rachel, Charlotte and Lizzie

[Anne Klepacz]

Well, we did it and have the T-shirts and the Gold Carrot Medals to prove it! Rachel, Lizzie and Charlotte looked fabulous in their costumes. I hope we might have some pics to put up in time. We ignored the odd drops of rain and joined 150 other walkers (raising money for research into other eye conditions) for an evening of 6 miles of the sights of London. When we got back to the finishing post (the IMAX cinema near Waterloo) we saw some of the 350 intrepid souls who were preparing to set out on the 15 mile night walk - rather them than me!
So if anyone was waiting to check that we'd actually done it before donating, now's the time to press that button on our Justgiving pages (see earlier posts in this thread for details). Justgiving are accepting donations until 21st December, so it's not too late to give something towards KC research.
Fight for Sight are hoping to extend this walk to other cities next year, so lots more of you should be able to join in the fun! We'll put up details as soon as we know them.
Thanks again to all those who have supported us so far.
Anne