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Quadcycle wee woo around the lake - fundraising for Wellington Free Ambulance

$3,885 of $10,000 goal
Given by 63 generous donors in around 4 months

Quadcycling around the 160km Taupo Cycle Challenge - on a Wellington Free Ambulance style 4 person bike

Wellington

We have embarked on a little journey, to take a quadcycle (4 person bike) around Lake Taupo in the 160km BDO Lake Taupo Cycle Challenge on the 26th November 2022, in recognition of the 95th Anniversary of the Wellington Free Ambulance Service.

These bikes are usually reserved for the Wellington waterfront, or the wine trails of the Wairarapa, however we will turn one (as best we can) into an ambulance, and race (ride) it around Lake Taupo. Sounds silly, however the idea was, the team at Wellington Free Ambulance, travel a fair way in pressure situations, so we thought, let's do the same, and try and raise some money along the way (one of the co-captains is a mechanic for the service, so he sees what they do daily). We are covering all costs, so all money raised here will go directly to WFA.

We aim to create fundraising "mini" targets with some entertaining challenges.... such as riding for 30 minutes with possibly the worlds most annoying song or a relevant ambulance related song, another idea is riding 10km in speedos if another target is met (if you know anything about cycling, this won't be fun).

Target 1 - $1,000 - Song played on repeat for a 30 minute period - How to Save A Life by The Fray

Target 2 - $5,000 - Ride 10km in speedos

Target 3 - $10,000 - suggestions?

We will update this page regularly

*note image is representative of how we want the bike to look, we are still building it, so is subject to change (and dependant on what the sign-writer can put on the side)

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Signage on!  19 November 2022

We are almost ready to go….. Huge thanks to the team at Creative Sign Co in Paraparaumu for gifting us the bike signage. The bike looks swish. Only a week to go now, and the bike basically ready! Looking forward to lining up at the start line next Saturday…..

If you’re in Paraparaumu support the crew at Creative Sign Co for supporting us http://www.creativesignco.co.nz/

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Jennie
Jennie on 29 Nov 2022
Congrats on your crazy escapade! Hope there was some decent physio support afterwards!
$50
Kay
Kay on 28 Nov 2022
$50
Jane
Jane on 27 Nov 2022
$50
Guest Donor
Guest Donor on 27 Nov 2022
For the hot guy sitting front left
$5
Kate
Kate on 27 Nov 2022
Great work!
$20

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This campaign started on 16 Aug 2022 and ended on 30 Nov 2022.