Jeremy Baker

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This is my third year sweating
I’ve raised $2,541 previously!
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Don’t Let Them Eat Cake!

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Why I’m Sweating with Pride

I’m taking on Sweat with Pride this June to raise money for our Rainbow communities - particularly to end HIV in Aotearoa!

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. One in five of our rainbow rangatahi (youth) have attempted suicide. And life changing STIs like syphilis, mpox and HIV are still far too common. Things need to change.

So, this June I’m fighting discrimination with perspiration, and I've committed to exercising for at least 60 minutes *each and every day* to raise money to support Rainbow people across Aotearoa.

This cause means a lot to me. I’d be really really grateful if you could chip in to help me reach my goal. Every dollar I raise will fund life-changing mental, physical and sexual health services for Rainbow New Zealanders.

Thank you so very much ❀️

My Impact

So far in this year’s challenge I have…

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Helped to sponsor a year of training for four support line volunteers, so they can be there for people in crisis.

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Track my Progress

I’m sweating for 60 minutes
per day this June!

11,580 minutes completed
1,800 minutes goal

My Ranking

I’m #2 out of 4,347 Sweaty Bettys

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Jeremy Baker

Raised

$7,220

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My Updates

Day 28 - a gentle exercise day

Friday 28th Jun
Been a tough week. Did some gentler exercise to keep up the minutes!

Day 27 - still at the gym!

Thursday 27th Jun
A hard session at the gym today! 27 days in a row of excercise is hard mahi! But I’ll push through - only 3 more days to go!

Day 26 - Good gym session

Wednesday 26th Jun
Great gym session this morning! Nearly there!

Day 25 - Back at the gym!

Tuesday 25th Jun
After a day travelling back from Vanuatu I’m back at it at the gym!Β 

Support my team β€œdon’t let them eat cake!”

Day 23 - Travel but still fitted in my sweating!

Sunday 23rd Jun
Travelling back from Vanuatu to NZ today, but still managed to fit in my 60 minutes of sweating this morning!

Day 22 - a light day

Saturday 22nd Jun
Muscles a bit sore today so kept it light. Need to keep going till 30 June!

Day 20 - passed $6k !

Thursday 20th Jun
Kia ora koutou!

I’m totally blown away buy the generosity of our supporters! Just blew through $6,000!

Also hit 3/4 of my sweat / excercise goal today !

Only 10 days to go!!

Ngā mihi nui, na Jeremy 

Day 19 - 11km run :)

Wednesday 19th Jun
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A big 11k run today! Explored lots more of Pango peninsula and did a long loop via Paradise Cove.

Day 18 - country road run

Tuesday 18th Jun
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A sweaty 7km run along country roads in Vanuatu πŸ‡»πŸ‡Ί !

Day 17 - Very Sweaty Betty!

Monday 17th Jun
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Running in the tropics is sweaty work! 6km run in Port Vila, Vanuatu πŸ‡»πŸ‡Ί this morning! So. Much. Sweat. πŸ’¦

Day 16 - relaxing yoga :)

Sunday 16th Jun
Relaxing yoga with my sister.Β 

Day 15 - A Walk in the Woods

Saturday 15th Jun
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Lovely walk at Daisy Hill Koala Reserve with my sister. Great to excercise outdoors with family in Brisbane!

Day 14 - Brisbane !

Friday 14th Jun
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Wonderful to be able to work out with my nephew Aiden and brother in law Dave in Brisbane; so grateful for their support! πŸŒˆπŸ‹πŸΌβ€β™‚οΈπŸ‘Ÿ

Day 13 - tough day at the gym

Thursday 13th Jun
Hard work at the gym today! But pushing through for Pride :)

New $5,500 Goal !

Wednesday 12th Jun
Ok - back to work! Let's raise the bar and our goal to $5,500 !

β€οΈπŸ§‘πŸ’›πŸ’šπŸ’™πŸ’œπŸ©·πŸ©΅πŸ€ŽπŸ–€

Day 12 - back at the gym!

Wednesday 12th Jun
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Feeling much better! Thanks for all your kind words :)

Day 11 - Still sick :(

Tuesday 11th Jun
Struggling with a nasty cold I refuse to share. Will make up the time later in the month when I’m feeling well.

Day 10 - sick :(

Monday 10th Jun
Oh dear. Sore throat and cold today. Staying home and in bed. Luckily I’m well ahead in my Sweating!!

Day 9 - quiet gym workout

Sunday 9th Jun
Nothing too stressful; just keeping moving.Β 

Day 8 - a walk & yoga

Saturday 8th Jun
After 7 days if intensive sweating today was walking and yoga !

Day 6 - 2 min plank !

Thursday 6th Jun
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Managed a 2 minute plank this morning. Still amazed we have raised $4.6k !!

Day 5 - Pulling in the funds and on the weights!

Wednesday 5th Jun
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It's been a huge day! raised nearly $900 in one day and increased my target to $5k, plus a good long gym session!

$5K Target 🎯

Wednesday 5th Jun
So many of you have messaged me and said - β€œjust go for $5k” - well now you get your wish !

I’m setting a new target 🎯 of $5k … 

πŸ˜…πŸ˜œπŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ

Oh wow - let’s go for $4.5K !

Wednesday 5th Jun
Goodness- thanks so much for the support - y’all keep pushing me to raise more - so here we go - new target 🎯 

$4,500 !

Back at the gym !

Tuesday 4th Jun
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Back at it on Day 4 :)

Country run

Monday 3rd Jun
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Lovely run in the country near Eketāhuna :)

10k Beach run

Sunday 2nd Jun
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Great morning run along Hōkio beach on Day 2 :)

Final warmup - and new $4K goal!

Friday 31st May
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With only 1 day to go, I'm lifting my target to $4k :)

Oh ok then … $3.5K ! ! !

Thursday 23rd May
Oh if you insist!Β 

Thank you thank you thank you for all the support - I’m increasing my target to $3,500 now on the back of all your support!

JeremyΒ 

Going for 3k !

Wednesday 22nd May
A few people have told me I need to keep working to raise funds - so I’ve lifted my target to $3k !

Thank you so much to all those supporting and pushing me along. Β I’m really grateful and inspired but it all.Β 

JeremyΒ 

Thank you ! I've hit my goal!

Tuesday 21st May
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Thank you, thank you, thank you! Thank you to the wonderful supporters who helped me hit my $2,500 fundraising goal before June has even started!

I'll now be concentrating on promoting our wonderful team "Don't Let Them Eat Cake" - so please support our team members efforts!

$2,030 !!

Monday 20th May
Another wonderful group of supporters has pushed my total over $2k - I'm doing my best to hit my $2.5k target before 1 June ...Β 

Craaazy! :)

$1,900.... !!

Thursday 16th May
I'm so blow away by the support from so many awesome sponsors! Can't wait to start sweat'n in earnest come 1 June, and pushing onwards towards my $2,500 fundraising goal!

Can't thank you all enough!

Bounce!

Monday 15th Apr
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Thank you for all the support over the weekend - gave me a real bounce! Over 1/2 way to my $2500 target to make a real difference to ending HIV !

It's my Birthday and I'm Sweating with Pride

Wednesday 10th Apr
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It's my Birthday today and I'm kicking of my Sweat with Pride campaign to raise $1000 to help end HIV in Aotearoa!

I'd really appreciate any contribution you can make today!

My Team

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Raised so far:

$10,305

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$30

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$30

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Raised so far:

$417

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Raised so far:

$106

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Raised so far:

$7,220

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Raised so far:

$432

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Raised so far:

$1,270

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Raised so far:

$345

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Raised so far:

$403

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$30

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Raised so far:

$12

Thank you to my Sponsors

$752

BMSA Group

Happy Birthday Jem Jem πŸ₯° Sweat it Gurl πŸ”₯πŸ’₯

$369

ManPa

Round up!!

$250

Anonymous

$250

Matched Donation

Keep on sweating ❀️

$246

Anonymous

$246

Matched Donation

Keep on sweating ❀️

$150

Anonymous

Go for $4k

$150

BNZ, Spark Health, and Synthony

Keep on sweating! Arohanui, BNZ, Spark Health, and Synthony.

$123

William Hastings

Once you get to your target, you should transfer the excess to someone who might need a bit of a boost πŸ˜‰

$123

Lee Gibbkns

$123

Terry n Jan Baker

Keep going ! The Olds

$123

Anonymous

Keep it up !!

$123

BNZ, Spark Health, and Synthony

Keep on sweating! Arohanui, BNZ, Spark Health, and Synthony.

$123

Anonymous

$123

Matched Donation

Keep on sweating ❀️

$106

Mandatory Menswear

you are a champion of many things and gigs and causes and life.

$100

Julie Clark

Go you.

$100

Mam Sackay

Sweat it girrrl!

$100

Jamie Jacobs

From Jamie and Phillip

$100

Michael Manuel

Killing it!!!! Well done! ☺️

$100

Steph

Fabulous goal! Happy to contribute & May I be inspired to get sweating!

$100

Matt Danks

We’ve all seen you sweat up a storm on a dance floor, glad to see you’ve found a new outlet for your boundless energy

$100

Erin Simpson

TΔ“nā koe Jeremy , Awesome cause and huge effort .

$100

BNZ, Spark Health, and Synthony

Keep on sweating! Arohanui, BNZ, Spark Health, and Synthony.

$100

Hoani Lambert

Awesome effort Mr!!!!

$100

Jonny

Go team!

$100

Matched Donation

Keep on sweating ❀️

$100

Jeremy Baker

$100

Matched Donation

Keep on sweating ❀️

$68

Moerangi Vervoe

Kia kaha e te kuini

$68

Stu O

Sleigh

$68

Hans

$60

Ro (&Nik!)

Go JB! Love you are sweating for such a great cause! Happy birthday!!

$59

Chrissy and Brendan SoJo

$53

Jeremy Baker

$50

Michael Robertson

$50

Max Lin

$50

Andrew & Roshan

$50

Tiaan Swart

$50

Alastair Cameron

Great stuff, Jeremy, and a great cause. Go sweat up a storm!

$50

Peter Fordyce

Wishing you all the best for June!

$50

Meg @ Sharpe Marketing

🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈❀️❀️

$50

Grant Sutil

$50

Clau Martinez

Thx for do this Jeremy!

$50

Andrea M.

$50

Karwee

Better than spending money on lotto!

$50

Jason Shakes

$50

Andre Afamasaga

Awesome stuff!!! X

$50

James Bush

$50

Alex Telfer

$50

Ivan

Good work Jeremy!!

$50

Katie baker sista

Love ❀️ 🌈

$50

Anonymous

Fantastic, Jeremy.

$50

Matched Donation

Keep on sweating ❀️

$50

Sarah Jeffares

Impressed!

$50

Lonic

Wahooo! πŸ’¦

$46

Nicky M

$46

Lazy Susan

Keep going!!!

$46

Ezra Jennings-Pedro

Don’t sweat the small stuff Jeremy. Go big Aroha nui

$46

Peter Graczer

$40

Anonymous

Great mahi Jeremy.

$36

William Caradus

$36

Matched Donation

Keep on sweating ❀️

$35

James Sergeant

Well done - great work!

$30

Kaspars Vecelis

$30

Jeff Jones

Go get sweaty sweetie xx

$30

Andrew Pickering

Outstanding! πŸ‘ 🌈 πŸ’¦

$30

Helmi & Pete

Awesome stuff - keep it up! 😘

$30

Anonymous

$27

Rikki Townsley

$27

BNZ, Spark Health, and Synthony

Keep on sweating! Arohanui, BNZ, Spark Health, and Synthony.

$25

Charlie Stobert

Great cause!

$25

Anonymous

Sweaty yay!

$25

Paul Johnson

$25

Joseph

$25

Loretta Desourdy

$25

Shaun Blackburn

Love your work

$25

Marilla Hood

$25

Matt Franz

$24

Stephen Hahn

Say hey if ever down Tauranga way

$20

Alan Wendt

🩡

$20

Raj Balaji

Happy Birthday πŸŽ‚

$20

Anonymous

Awesome cause!

$20

Victoria Luff

Go Jem ♥️

$20

Liz Evans

$20

Hamish Allardice

Great stuff Jeremy. Small, however, sent with love.

$20

Anonymous

$20

Joey

Keep up the good work! As Madonna once said, "no sweat, no candy."

$20

Anonymous

$20

Jack Heagney

$20

Pipi Zenhorst

Keep it up!

$20

Tahu

$20

Alex Lamb

Sorry it’s not a lot X

$20

Matched Donation

Keep on sweating ❀️

$10

Thomas Dorreen

$10

Liam

$10

Alix

Go you, and awesome Mahi for a great cause. Much love ❀️

$10

Rich Booth

Awesome work mate

$10

Jeff

Fabulous work, Jeremy! :D

$10

Megan Clayton

Amazing mahi, Jeremy!

$5

Naked Kiwi

Keep sweating πŸ’š from Naked Kiwi!

$5

Anonymous

$3

Jonny

A cheeky little top up to 4000!

$3

BNZ, Spark Health, and Synthony

Keep on sweating! Arohanui, BNZ, Spark Health, and Synthony.

Most people donate $50

Please give what you can.

I’d love to hear more from Sweat with Pride