Back to Base

One of the things we love most about the Back to Base Challenge is seeing the creative ways people encourage support for their fundraising efforts.

When Bella O`Brien from @Enphase Energy got in touch, she had a unique request. One of her colleagues had promised to donate if she could persuade us to do something for her - that, along with some other "official bribes", has helped to boost the team`s total.

"𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗲𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗿, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗼𝘆𝗲𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘀𝗸𝗶, 𝗵𝗶𝗸𝗲, 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗹, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗴𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗿𝗮 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗱𝗼𝗼𝗿𝘀, 𝘄𝗲 𝗳𝗲𝗹𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗰𝘂𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗼𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗳𝗶𝘁."

You can support their effort through a donation on the Back to Base website. You can also read the whole blog there. The link is in our bio.

Many of us plan to write a will, but the fact is only 50% of adult New Zealanders have one.

Not having a will has far more consequences than people think, with perhaps the greatest one being the loss of choice.

In this final article in our series on wills, our Fundraising Director Kathryn talks about what happens when someone dies without a will. As she explains, a will doesn`t have to be complicated, but not having one can be.

To read Kathryn`s article see link in bio.

Our Back to Base challenge is off! And we`ve got a little extra motivation for our challengers - the chance to win one of two Garmin Forerunner 70 watches!

Every Back to Base challenger who raises more than $500 will go in the draw for this fabulous prize, which has been generously donated by the team at @fitness.net.nz - one of the country`s largest stockists of Garmin fitness products and accessories.

So, keep logging those kilometres and sharing your fundraising pages far and wide.

Haven`t signed up yet? There`s still time to get involved and support your rescue helicopters. Sign up at www.backtobase.co.nz.