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Otis and Joe run the Hawke's Bay Marathon

$15,983 of $50,000 goal
Given by 138 generous donors in around 6 months

Participating in Running for the Rescue Helicopter

Hawke's Bay

In 2019 my son Otis (he has Down Syndrome) and I raised $14k for Upsidedowns Education Trust by trying to run the Hawkes Bay Marathon in under 3 hours (only 4% of male marathon runners go sub 3).

If there was any year to raise money for a cause it's this year!

Hawkes Bay, Wairoa, and Gisborne have been devastated by cyclone Gabrielle. People have lost literally EVERYTHING! So, Otis and I are 'going big' again and we are aiming to raise $50k (the more the better!) for the Hawkes Bay Rescue Helicopter Trust.

The team at HBRHT are working 24hr shifts at the moment and they are doing incredible work saving lives here in our region.

I'll update everyone along the way via Instagram and Facebook (josephspayton). I'll post up my daily training runs and updates via video so everyone knows whats going on.

Get your hands in your pockets please. Hawkes Bay needs you.

Thank you.

Otis and Joe.

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Mini Break - Week 2 of 5...   4 April 2023

A bit slow to update everyone from last week 😬. So it got to Thursday night (last week) and we didn’t have any donations come through and I was thinking jeepers cripers, it’s gone quiet! THEN, one super generous donor dropped $1000 in on Thursday night 🙏👊🤷🏼‍♂️. Not sure who that generous legend was, but THANK YOU!

Keep it coming please. 2.5 weeks and we start the training programme again.

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Are you taking part in the 2023 Hawke's Bay Marathon and would like take your run to the next level?

Latest donations

Kershaw
Kershaw on 03 Sep 2023
Well done boys 🤙🏽 awesome work.
$50
Guest Donor
Guest Donor on 02 Sep 2023
Well done Joe - cracked the 3 hour target!! Cheers Marty B
$50
Star and Thomi Absolom
Star and Thomi Absolom on 31 Aug 2023
Brilliant work Otis and Jo. 👏🫶👏
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Tim
Tim on 31 Aug 2023
Better late than never. Great work Otis. Nice that Joe could help out.
$100
Oscar
Oscar on 28 Aug 2023
Great work Otis and Joe!
$20

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This campaign started on 24 Feb 2023 and ended on 3 Sep 2023.