Half Marathon for Madz

February 18th 2018 is Round the Bays in Wellington, and we are creating a team to run and walk to honour our beautiful friend Madeleine Cranko, who died recently.

We will be running a half marathon to raise funds for Sexual Abuse HELP Wellington and to build awareness about sexual violence. Please help us raise money for this amazing organisation which is desperately needing funds to continue offering free support and counselling to survivors of sexual abuse and their family/friends. There is an increasing demand for their services, due to the high rate of sexual abuse in Wellington. HELP has a $200,000 shortfall as the services they provide are in excess to the funding they receive. They need our help.

Registration for the event has opened so head on over to https://secure.tiktok.biz/register/default.aspx?EventID=wellingtonroundthebays&Edition=2018 Sign up to the HELP team by selecting the distance you’d like to participate in (either 21km, 10km or 6.5km), by clicking ‘join a team’, then searching for HELP in the search bar and selecting the HELP team. In all events, you can walk or run but just your presence at the event would mean the world to us.

Madeleine was a champion in speaking out about mental health and the massive issue of sexual assault in New Zealand. It is prevalent and affects a huge number of men, women and children. It is an issue that we need to confront head on in order to eradicate the stigma surrounding victimisation.

Madeleine had an incredible amount of empathy and did a lot for others during her life, volunteering both overseas and in New Zealand. Her smile was contagious and she was the light in every room. She admired the organisation HELP and encouraged others to seek support from them, after receiving valuable support herself.

What you can do to support the event:

- Join the HELP team and run/walk Round the bays: https://secure.tiktok.biz/register/default.aspx?EventID=wellingtonroundthebays&Edition=2018

- Buy a NOPE tee (which sends the message that NO means NO). This will help raise awareness and donates part of the proceeds to HELP. You can also wear it on the day: https://nopesistersclothing.com/products/nope-tee

- Share this page to your family & friends: #wetoo

We hope to get as many people as possible running/walking for our very special Madeleine. Every little bit counts! Please help us HELP others. Thank you so much for your support.

The Northland girls xx