Hi Everyone who has kindly donated your time, your money, your karakia, your thoughts and your generous encouragement - we feel your love and support for our I Am Hope and Gumboot Friday Team!
I have written a poem about our walk and the challenge that we faced as we neared the last 7.5-8kms! It was tough. My thoughts were going awry AND I felt like I was really going to cave in!
Thankfully we stayed on track - which is where the Poem was inspired from;
Many a time our Rangatahi, our Young People feel like giving up. The pathway to Life, to living gets really, REALLY tough!
The last part of our walk I really felt like I was walking on behalf of our young ones and also in remembrance of our Beautiful Ones who have passed on.
I thought about their families, their friends, their parents and grandparents.
It's a difficult road to learn to unpack grief from suicide.
The poem is in a previous post titled The King and Queen of Comeback.
Our Walk for Hope may have ended BUT our GOAL to raise $2000 is still happening.
We are doing a 24 hour Table-tennis Fundraiser over two days.
The details will be added here but we will be streaming some of it LIVE through our Facebook Page, https://www.facebook.com/DualCleanServices2018/
We are also doing a raffle and some of the items have either been purchased or donated from Local Businesses - Southlanders Support Local!
The Raffle Details will also been detailed on our Facebook Page and ALL of the proceeds from the raffle go directly to I Am Hope. (This is separate from our Givealittle page)
