Pete Sharp's Fundraising Page

Jorja and myself at the finish line of Ironman 2009

Go Fast Jorja

Cycle for Life heading up the hill out from kawakawa bay..looks flat!!

Hi There,

I'm Pete Sharp thanks for coming here and hearing our story.

One of my lovely daughters Jorja (a Cure Kids ambassador) has burns to her chest from a freshly poured cup of tea when she was 18 months old; Jorja is now 5 years old.
Cure Kids have helped us overcome Jorja's burns, with kids parties and cool events and of course there amazing research into childrens often life threatening illness and diseases.
It cost just $20,000 to fund a skin bank for New Zealand burns victims...Its not a lot really!!

The pain I go through doing this event will last for a day or two, The pain these Kids that you are supporting go through are every day.
These kids live with Spina bifida, cystic fibrous, Burns and leukaemia on a daily basis, they wake in the morning and have a routine that will be a lot different to most of us. They have to inject themselves, swallow pills and look at their scars in the mirror; they usually are on some form of waiting List for surgery or treatments.
Your support goes a long way to helping these kids and their families, its not just the child effected its their whole family that have live with their illness too.
If you ever need inspiration in life, Please take it from these kids that live with this sort of pain and uncertainty on a daily basis.

I would also take this opportunity to personally thank my wife louise for all her support and time,I would also like to thank Angela, Pip, Thelma, Deon and the rest of the team at Cure kids. These people do an amazing job throughout the year working on events, fundraising and also working on research to help our children, when you have kids you never know what will happen to them throughout their lifes and to have a group of people there to help and make a difference means a lot to us as parents.

I'll do all the hard yards; train for and complete this event, but I really need your help to make a difference to my charity.

Cure kids...click on the link to the right of this..

IF YOU CANNOT SPONSOR IN A DOLLAR KIND OF WAY YOU CAN DONATE GOODS SO I CAN SELL THEM ON TRADE ME TO RAISE FUNDS FOR THIS GREAT CAUSE..
TRADEME MEMBER: itsaboutkids - Check it out.

THIS IS A PLACE FOR ALL THE SPONSORS NAMES AND DETAILS:

NEW PLYMOUTH UNDERWATER LTD:
Thanks Mike & Kylee for the great donation, I cant wait to see Mike have a crack at this..Ironman that is!!

BlUESEVENTY WETSUITS:
A huge thanks to Blueseventy for the wetsuit,Googles and other bits..Thanks heaps Guy.

GO FAST SPORTS:
Thank you for the chance to be part of the Go Fast Sports group, great gear, great people and great product.This sports drink is great when your getting to the stuffed stage a couple of cans can add a couple of hours to your training.This is not a quick suger fix but pure energy in a can it makes you well Go..Fast!!
Thanks Vaughan.
www.gofast.co.nz

HUBBARDS FOODS:
A big thanks to the team at Hubbards for the cereal for my training and products for the fund raising auction..Thanks Marj & Rachel...

FRANKLIN SPORT SWIM & FITNESS:
Thanks alot for the use of their community pool for training and for the familys use..Thanks also for the swim school leassons for Jorja..Thanks heaps Judy...

V8 SUPERCARS AUSTRALIA:
Thanks very much to the team at V8 supercars Australia,especially Sarah, thanks Sarah for all the cool items to go to the auction to raise funds for cure Kids..

AERIAL:
Thanks for the cool sunnys to sell for the cause and also for a smooth set to wear during training..Thanks

JEREMY YATES:
A Big thanks to Jeremy for sending me a signed cycling jersey to be auctioned..
Top athlete and top bloke..

BALANCE:
Thanks to balance for the goody pack..I will need it...

PEAKFUEL:
Thanks to Mark Inglis and Peak fuel for the nutrition discounts..And mighty fine and tasty products...

HORLEYS:
Thanks to the team at Horleys for the fine nutrition products, they will help me during training..

SUZUKI:
Thanks to Suzuki for some cool gear to auction to raise funds for cure kids... thanks very much Stephanie...

OAKLEY:
Thanks for the sunnys, these are great for training..covering al those miles daily..

MARATHON PHOTOS:
A big thanks to Alison at marathon photos for the pic..
www.Marathon-Photos.com


See you out there!!!

Regards
Pete Sharp.