Sponsored Walks

[Twocky61]

Who participated in sponsored walks for school/church/charity?

I did one for my Sunday school aged eight. I went door to door asking for sponsorship when even then I should have only asked family & friends & immediate neighbours

One sponsor was the local builder who built the houses on our close

He pledged a fiver. Mum said does he realise twelve miles at a fiver a mile totals £60

I told him & said he would be happy to pay that much

Subsequently I pulled in the most sponsorship (around £300)

I thus won the prize: A bible. Yippee (NOT) lol

[staffslad]

Re: Sponsored Walks

My secondary school had an annual 10 mile walk, starting at the school and ending at a local church, where bags of chips and cans of pop were waiting for the finishers. The route actually went past my house and once I used the fact to pop to the loo I can't remember if there was a prize for most sponsor money but usual pledge was 1p per mile for a total of 10p.

[Twocky61]

Re: Sponsored Walks

Just remembered one event with the sponsored walk:

We all had Lancashire Hot Pot when we arrived back at the church

(Lancashire Hot Pot is just a stew really)

[George 1978]

Re: Sponsored Walks

I remember doing a sponsored walk one day towards the end of term with the rest of the form, which was around three miles. Coincidentally, I was given a brand new pair of shoes to wear on that day, and you can guess the rest.

I had blisters the size of hot air balloons by lunchtime, and I didn't want to go back to school in the afternoon as I was almost in pain walking. Pure torture.

[Twocky61]

Re: Sponsored Walks

On the Isle of Wight they have 'Walk the Wight' sponsored walk each year

You don't have to get sponsorship; you can just pay the entrance fee which of course also goes to charity