Just beat me to it.
I am one of the adventurous and slightly off my head people undertaking this trek. The trek was discussed by many in the group as an appropriate way of marking phil's passing and doing somthing in his memory for him to be proud of.
We set out to make this a charity trek with hopes of raising money for The British Heart Foundation. In a short space of time with the full backing of The British Heart Foundation, Irn Bru, The scottish Sun, Mfc, and Celtic Football Club, the challenge has quickly gathered pace and it is our hope now to raise £100,000 in Phil's memory. so far we have raised approx £12,000
You may have seen the launch recently in The scottish sun, it is by no means an easy challenge and one in which has us all slighty worried as there is an enormous amount of training to be done in undertaking the challenge. The 12 of the trekkers have also been working tirelessly on various fundraising events such as a Question of Sport night at the Holiday Inn East Kilbride on the 6th Feb, £20 per ticket includes pies and pakora etc where we will have two celebrity football personality teams competing against 20 other tables. The idea of this night is to provide us all with a typical inexpensive lads night where we can all get together and show off our sporting knowledge in the hope of beating our celeb teams to the top prize. We have a number of confirmed celeb team members including Stevie Craigan so its a great chance for all football fans to have a laugh with friends and raise money for a fantastic cause in honour of phil.
The second event we have planned is a dinner dance at The Thistle hotel on the 13th March, ticket prices are £75.00, with celebrity hosts and entertainment, further details on both these events I will update on this post, however if anyone would like more information or would like to attend any of these events please send me a PM.
We are also seeking any forms of sponsorship and donations of raffle and auction prizes for both events, its a huge challenge but one made easier with the support of the Motherwell and Celtic Communities.
For further details please check out our facebook and web page's
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/pag...36392493?v=info
http://www.tributetophil.com
and to see our press launch
http://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/scotsol/ho...-volcanoes.html
and finally for any donations which you can contribute to the pot, no matter how big or how small please log onto
http://www.justgiving.com/TributeToPhil
Thank you in advance guys for all your support from all of us taking part in the trek