Help Me Get To Rio

$2,800 of $7,500 goal
Given by 22 generous donors in around 3 months

I'm a 17 year old rower from Whakatane. Please help me raise $7500 so I get to the Junior World Champs and make New Zealand proud.

Bay of Plenty

Recently I was selected to represent NZ in the World U19 Junior Rowing Championships. The competition takes place in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil in August. I have been training around 7-8 times a week for the past 4 years to achieve this goal, working my way up from North Island Events to National Events and now finally have been rewarded. This year alone I have rowed 3,800km, nearly 400,000 strokes and burned more than 300,000 calories.

Rowing is the my life, without it I don't know what I'd do. I come from a family of rowers; my brothers compete in my crews and my parents represent our club as masters. Recently my brothers and I were successful at the New Zealand Nationals, taking away 5 gold medals between us. My dream is to one day go to the Olympics and row for New Zealand. Going to Rio for my first taste of World Stage rowing will be a huge step forward for my rowing career.

By donating you will be helping keep me afloat while I train for worlds with the team and assisting me in the huge expenses associated with travelling to Rio. Please donate so I can chase my dreams as far as they will take me, and so I can do what I love most.

Please help me raise $7500 so I can get to the Junior World Champs and make New Zealand proud.

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Guest Donor
Guest Donor on 11 Jul 2015
All the best for worlds Lenny, another Whakatane rower
$50
Lenny Jenkins

Thanks so much. Always humbling to see my club getting behind me. - Lenny

Lenny Jenkins
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O'Hagan Home Loans and Insurance on 12 Jun 2015
Good luck Lenny. it will be an honour to know that we helped in some small way on your journey to fame fortune and wet feet!
$500
Lenny Jenkins

Thanks so much this is insanely generous. I am actually pretty close to achieving my target with all the other fundraising I've done which is awesome. This puts me really close to 90% funding. Thank you so much!!

Lenny Jenkins
Janie Storey
Janie Storey on 26 May 2015
Your dream will become your reality Lenny - you have already shown that you have what it takes and the guts and determination to get where you want to go
$25
Lenny Jenkins

Thank you very much Janie :) this is a great help - Lenny

Lenny Jenkins
Nicole
Nicole on 17 May 2015
Well done Lenny, such an amazing achievement - I know how hard you've worked for this and am sure you will achieve your goal! Good luck. Nicole and Dave x
$100
Lenny Jenkins

Omg thanks Nicole. So generous. Please pass on my thanks to Dave as well :) - Lenny

Lenny Jenkins
Guest Donor
Guest Donor on 12 May 2015
Well done Lenny. Best of luck in Rio.
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Lenny Jenkins

Thank you so much. I can't believe how generous everyone has been. - Lenny

Lenny Jenkins

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This campaign started on 21 Apr 2015 and ended on 2 Aug 2015.