Why we’re Sweating with Pride
We’re a team of friends spread across Wellington and Auckland taking on Sweat with Pride this June to raise money for Rainbow communities! 💦🌈 AND motivate each other to get out there and get some more exercise!
So, this June we’re fighting discrimination with perspiration, and have committed to exercising for at least 30 minutes EVERY DAY to raise money to support Rainbow Kiwis.
We'll be doing a range of activities and will likely cause some shenanigans along the way. Keep an eye on our blog posts to see what we get up to! None of us are social media artisans so we make no promises on the quality of any photos or videos produced over the course of the month 🫡😝
What we're sweating for:
Our schools, workplaces, and doctors’ offices are still not safe places for many Rainbow New Zealanders and it’s putting lives at risk.
More than half our rainbow whānau have experienced mental illness. Things need to change.
The money we raise by committing to the grind this month will raise money for our Rainbow whānau to access mental health supports and healthcare services.
This cause means a lot to us. We’d be SO GRATEFUL if you could chip in to help us reach our goal.
Thank you sooooo much ❤️
Our Impact
So far in this year’s challenge we have…
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Helped to sponsor a year of training for two support line volunteers, so they can be there for people in crisis.
Our Sweat
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Our 8 Sweaty Bettys have logged a total of 8190 minutes so far!
Our Ranking
We’re #7 out of 100 Friends/Whānau Teams
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Holy Walkamolies
Raised
$3,571
Team Members
Team Updates
The weather across Wellington and Auckland today is decidedly
damp, but hasn’t stopped the Walkamolies from getting the sweat on.
Alice and Nox went for a walk in the park, puddles and all. I went from damp
walking to the gym, to drenched diving into the pool. Andrew and Nerissa have
home workouts planned , while Ping and Imogen are both still recovering.
We’re in the middle phase coming to the halfway point of June. We’re sitting at $2695 collectively as a team. With $305 more to make to hit our $3000 target.
Excited to smash it!
At the time of writing, we're $245 off the halfway mark of our $3000 team goal! But I've already told the team, if we smash the $3000 target early, I'll be lifting the target bar accordingly! So excited to see where this journey takes us all!
In the first 48hrs, a wheelchair has been rolled about, a good boi has been walked ( more on him later) and several of the crew has been for walks. Ping and Dweep opened their Sweat for Pride with table tennis matches and Imogen cranked out the indoor bike.
Thank you to our Sponsors
$100
Megan Brady-Clark
$100
F and J
$100
Anonymous
$100
Anonymous
$99
Dad
Cos $1000 is a nice round number
$90
Florence Oakden-Turner
Nice work andrew! Love Han and Flo
$75
JH
💙
$69
Geuss Who
Nah you gotta guess
$68
BNZ, Spark Health, and Synthony
Keep on sweating! Arohanui, BNZ, Spark Health, and Synthony.
$68
Jenni Wild
Woo hoo, go girl!
$68
Erika Hoonhout
$68
Megan Clark
$65
Toby
Go Aunty!
$50
Kristie Robson
You’re an enigma my girl 🙌🏾😘
$50
Rhonda
$50
Anonymous
Go Alice! Pretty serious stuff!
$50
Erana
Go Charlotte !
$50
Barbara Law
I’m so proud of you!
$50
Steph King
$50
Eric Neilson
$50
Rebecca Livingston
I have every faith you'll more than rock this challenge.
$50
Emma Medina
Get it girl
$50
Tim Jorgensen
Sweat with PRIDE my queen. Good luck to the team!!
$50
Rick Segedin
Great effort Treasa. Well done!
$50
Emma
Yay BC!
$50
Neesh
Keep it up Emma! ❤️🌈
$50
Rodger Pool
Keep up the great work!
$50
Charlotte Hoonhout
$50
Imogen Neilson
$50
Andrew Brady-Clark
$50
Anonymous
$50
Anonymous
$50
Fiona Glasse
Very proud of you Nerissa for supporting such a worthy cause.
$50
Tegan Parry-Thompson
$46
Melissa H
$46
Will Duynhoven
$46
Anonymous
$40
Emma Corbett
$40
Sarah Jeffares
$40
Anonymous
$36
Lachlan G
Great work Bro! 👏
$30
Dweep Kapadia
$30
Lynn Jordan
Happy sweaty ABC! <3
$30
Mum & Dad
Go Emma …push hard !!!!!
$30
Adelaide Gwynne
You go girl!
$30
Alice Pool
$30
Wynona Dekker
$30
Ping Huang
$30
Toni Dee
<3
$30
Anonymous
$30
BNZ, Spark Health, and Synthony
Keep on sweating! Arohanui, BNZ, Spark Health, and Synthony.
$30
Aidan Law
$30
Maureen Fielding
$25
Andrea Scott
Great efforts all round .. you gave it everything
$25
Rebecca Sellwood
Go Nerissa!
$25
Jess Marama
Go baby go!!!
$25
Katie Eremin
Good on you Alice!
$25
Skux Deluxe
LESGO MAMI. hey Google play Sweat by Zayn
$22
Max
Gooooo Charlotte, proud of you cuz xo
$21
Lew Pentecost
Sweaty Smandrew has a ring to it
$20
Mel from the gym
$20
Kara
Go cousin, go!
$20
Evelyn Cole
Go Imogen
$20
Sophie Tasker
Get it sweaty!!
$20
Matched Donation
Keep on sweating ❤️
$20
Anonymous
$20
Dweep Kapadia
So glad you were able to beat Covid babes, and we didn't run into any pressing problems :) Good health in Godspeed :)
$20
Thomas H
My Boy BC
$20
Thomas H
Great Job Charlotte
$20
Alice Clowes
😤😤😤
$20
Lovepreet Singh
$20
Isabel Laing
You're doing amazing!!
$20
Jasmine L
You go Andrew! 🏃 🌈
$20
Shar
$20
Alexandra Ferguson
$20
Rachael Elder
Woohoo! Get it!
$20
Cat Rondon
Good work you beautiful human ❤️
$20
Holly Graves
Such an awesome cause - smash it! Holly & Jo
$20
Bruce
Loved "Escalator etiquette"!
$20
Miriama
Karawhiua, Anaru!
$20
Tegan van der Peet
$20
Pariya Behnami
$20
Ret Det
Bbbbb Ccccc
$20
Alexia from GirlBoss NZ
GO PING!! Thank you for supporting such an important cause 🏳️🌈❤️
$15
Sam C
$15
Tessa
$14
Henry Laws
$10
Evan Clark
$10
Anonymous
$10
Beth M.
$10
Anonymous
$10
Mason Corbett
Good luck Emma!!!
$10
Anonymous
Good luck BC!
$10
Grace Corbett
$10
Vlada
$8
Anonymous
$7
Anonymous
$5
Jamie Drummond
Beeeeeceeee (with pride)
$5
Madison O’Shaughnessy
Amazing cause, hope your walk goes well! 😊
Love you!