Drink bottles

We have had a few enquiries about our Big Wish Bike Ride drink bottles.... so here is a pic of what they look like.

Remember, they are FREE with every donation of $10 or more!

Just drop me a line at margaret@jgg.com.au or call the mobile 0412 104 751 and we will arrange to get your money and give you the bottle!

Slowly, slowly ......

Organisations do work slowly don't they! Still awaiting replies from some possible sponsors ... everyone is very keen to get on board BUT it all needs to pass through the "red tape" department! Frustrating .... but patience is something I am learning.

Ray from Get Marketing, one of our sponsors, has been off work for a few weeks now after his Achilles operation and things are improving slowly. Hope you get back in the swing very soon Ray!

Our Business Lunch is finalised - details below - and I will try to add a pdf for those who wish to print off a copy.

Off to Coast FM again this morning - 88.7 on the FM radio dial. Tune in and you will hear Ashley and I talk about the ride and our upcoming fundraisers!

So - until I actually get some more real news - updates will be slow - apologies in advance!

Catch you again.......

Business Lunch organised!

Well - we have confirmed both our guest speakers now. We will have Rachel Sanderson, one of the BWBR sponsors and Liberal Candidate for the Seat of Adelaide (and no BWBR is not politically biased) and Gold Medal Cyclist from the 2000 Olympics, Brett Aitken!

Should be a very interesting lunch as both Rachel and Brett are also very successful business people. Amongst other topics, they will be speaking about setting goals and achieving dreams! A delicious (I can personally vouch for the food) 2 course meal and drinks included for a tiny $60 per person. Send me an email to book your tickets! margaret@jgg.com.au

Our Gala Dinner in April is looking good. Had a meeting with Tania (who is organising this event for us) on Monday night and she is so enthusiastic and creative. So many ideas just "popped" out of her mouth it was truly amazing. Get ready to be dazzled!

Our "Quiz Night" has undertaken a transformation also. Cindy (who is coordinating this one) was amused by the guys enthusiasm I think - she has not been involved with 2 such crazy men before - and we may be changing to a Sunday afternoon of bowling, bingo and trivia. I will keep you posted on this one. Another fun event!

Rachel is planning our Fashion Parade and we met yesterday over coffee. Unfortunately the dates available for this year do not really suit us (not enough time to promote properly) so it will now be held in August 2009!

There are so many exciting "things" happening for us at the moment but unfortunately I cannot disclose anything until confirmation is received. It is so very frustrating!

Still trying to figure out how to upload a pdf file to the blog ... if you can help in simple english with instructions please leave a comment for me.

Catch you soon.

Broken promise.......

Well , that was a broken promise. My apologies for not getting back to update the site as promised. It is so busy at the moment getting everything organised!

Flyers for our upcoming events will be slightly delayed due to Ray from Get Marketing completely rupturing his achilles during a footy match .... his operation last Thursday was a success and he is now resting at home for a few weeks. All I can say is "Patience Ray!", BUT I look forward to seeing some creative flyers soon!

Talking to a friend the other night, we were discussing how he could help with the Big Wish Bike Ride. Not everyone or every business is able to donate cash, but most can give goods and/or services. So we have a new "sponsor" who will help with advertising and promoting our event through the aussie rules football site SA Footy. The site gets about 6 million hits a month so I am sure our events will be well publicised! Great way to keep abreast of what is happening in the world of aussie rules too! Thank you Anthony for the committment and support.

I am still awaiting a reply from one possible speaker for our Business Lunch on Friday 26th September 2008, but can confirm that Rachel Sanderson, who is a sponsor of the Big Wish Bike Ride and successful business owner of Rachels Models, as well as being the Liberal Candidate for the seat of Adelaide, will be one of our speakers. Rachel is amazing ... an expert organiser .... how she fits everything in is beyond me!

Please set the date aside ... it is happening ... and the flyer will be emailed out asap! That was Friday 26th September in the Champs Function Room at the Woodville West Torrens Football Club, 12 - 3pm. Two course meal with beer, wine and soft drinks included. And YES! We will have a raffle and a small auction so bring extra cash on the day!

We have also confirmed that Graphpak will once again be donating our cycling gear. Ray will design the outfits and Graphpak will make them for us! Thank you very much to Ken and Alistair for their support.

Remember to start training for the Cyclethon on 29/30 November this year and get your sponsors lined up. More details asap.

I think that is enough for now .... we have a meeting tonight about the Gala Dinner and Quiz Night next year. We had to change the date of our Gala Dinner so please note in your diary, Friday 3rd April 2009. The original date of 20th March conflicted with the Clipsal 500 so we needed to change it. Remember, Friday 3rd April 2009, this is one week before Easter and the start of the school holidays!

Catch you soon .....

Times flies!

My goodness but time is flying past at a rapid rate! I didn't realise I have not been on the site for almost a week!

Many things still to organise but I will give you a brief update on our next 2 confirmed activities:

• We are having a Business Lunch on Friday 26th September from 12 noon until 3pm, so please keep that date free. More info to follow as details are finalised.
• We have confirmed the Super Drome for our Cyclethon - it will be held on Saturday 29th and Sunday 30th November. Again, more details soon. Basically however it will be Ashley and Richard riding their bikes for 24 hours. We will seek people to sponsor them per kilometre or per hour, and will also invite local cycling clubs to participate. They will need to pay an entry fee of say $20 per cyclist, and then nominate a time frame - ride for 2 hours, 6 hours 12 hours etc. Again, we will ask each cyclist to find sponsors with all proceeds going to Make-A-Wish Australia via our Big Wish Bike Ride.

Flyers for both the above events are in the process of being designed so we will let you know asap when to get on board. If you want to ride yourself, then I suggest you get onto a bike and start training!

Promise I will give more updates tomorrow......

Cheers