Christmas Climbing Marathon and Fundraiser 2012

[joewtc]

Hello everybody! It’s that most wonderful time of the year again. While you are expecting wonderful gifts from your loved ones… Join us, climb, dress up as SUPERHEROS and party at our Christmas Climbing Marathon to fund-raise for Habitat for Humanity Greater Vancouver! This is our annual SUPERFUN charity project for climbers to use their climbing skills to benefit the world!



3 events:
- Dec 1 5-9pm Coquitlam Cliffhanger
https://www.facebook.com/events/3876980 ... ext=create

- Dec 8 6-10pm Vancouver Cliffhanger
https://www.facebook.com/events/4373273 ... ext=create

- Dec 15 6-10pm The Hive (Grand Finale and Costume Party)!

Theme: Superheros to save humanity!
***Dress up and increase your sending power!***

Set a climbing goal, ask your friends to sponsor you e.g. $1/climb, challenge your limit, dress up as superheros and raise money for the Habitat for Humanity Greater Vancouver.

Challenge Categories:
1. Apron 15 laps
2. The Chief 30 laps
3. El Capitan 90 laps
4. V0-3
5. V3-5
6. V6+

Online donation: http://www.vrcg.ca/santa
*We DO NOT collect money donations. Tax receipts are available.

*Admissions waived if you raised more than $30.

Admission ticket downloadable at:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc ... NUXc#gid=4

All proceeds go to Habitat for Humanity Greater Vancouver, whose mission is to mobilize volunteers and community partners in building affordable housing and promoting homeownership as a means to breaking the cycle of poverty.

Contact: Joe 778.999.7104

[gnarnaphobe]

30 laps up the chief between now and dec. 8th.. now that sounds like a challenge

[scrubber]

yeah that would be awfully wet...

But seriously:
30 laps up the gym wall equals one "Chief"
90 laps = El Cap

[joewtc]

HAHA. The $1/1climb is just an example. Climbers can pick their own challenge. : )

[joewtc]

Salute Everybody

This annual super psyched session is coming soon on Dec 1, 8 & 15 at Cliffhanger Coq, Van and the Hive.

Feel free to use the following template to ask your friends/family to sponsor you! $5, $10, ANY amount! What’s your climbing goal? Challenge your limit. Be Squamish Santa yourself and give this amazing gift to someone in need and increase the happiness in the world! : ) Joe 778.999.7104

(Borrowed from Dr. Keith Dawson version)

In the spirit of giving gifts over this most beautiful Christmas season, I am hoping my friends and family can sponsor me at a fundraiser for a very worthy cause.

Habitat for Humanity is a volunteer driven society that strives to help build affordable housing and promote homeownership as a means to breaking the cycle of poverty.

The Vancouver Rock Climbing Group is hosting 3 climbing marathon-fundraisers on Dec 1st, 8th and 15th in order to raise money. My goals this year: 1) climb all the most difficult climbs at the gym and 2) climb vertical 2+km (2 times more than Grouse Grind). These are extremely strenuous and at my physical limits for a duration of 4hr non-stop. I wanted to throw up in the past years.

You can donate ($5, $10, $20, ANY amount) securely online by going to http://www.vrcg.ca/santa This provides a direct link to donate to Habitat for Humanity. Click on “Sponsor Me” to make your donation. There is not a separate donation site for each climber so if you want to let me know you donated, you can do so by email or FB. You can choose to keep your name and donation amount anonymous if you wish. All donations of $20 or more will receive a receipt for income tax purposes. This event is all volunteer-run and all proceeds go to the charity.

Plus you are invited to the Grand Finale Costume Party with live bands and DJs at the Hive Climbing Dec 15 6pm onwards. Dress up as Superheros! More details: http://www.vrcg.ca

Thank you for your support and please share this with your friends.

Joseph Wong 778.999.7104

How this fundraiser works?

You set a climbing goal (ANYTHING! Be creative!). Ask your friend to sponsor you. Track your donations with the admission ticket. Admissions for climbers waived for $30 min. raised. Donate online @ http://www.vrcg.ca/santa now! *Free entry for belayers.

[joewtc]

: ) Thanks everyone for the support. We have raised $1020 so far (goal: $3000). Many people ask me how the fundraiser works, let me explain it in the following:

How it works?

You set a climbing goal (ANYTHING! Be creative!). Ask your friend to sponsor you. Track your donations with the admission ticket. Admissions for climbers waived for $30 min. raised. Donate online @ www.vrcg.ca/santa now! *Free entry for belayers.

Example:

- Jamie wants to climb 50 5.10 at Cliffhanger Coq. in 4hr. His company and friends will donate $1/climb (under 5.10c) and $2/climb (5.10c or over).

- Joe wants to climb all the 13/12s at Cliffhanger Coq. & Van.. His friends will donate a lump sum amount of money.

- Rachel wants to climb 20 5.9 at Cliffhanger Van. Some friends will donate a lump sum and some will donate $1/climb.

You can donate ($5, $10, $20, ANY amount) securely online by going to www.vrcg.ca/santa This provides a direct link to donate to Habitat for Humanity. Click on “Sponsor Me” to make your donation. There is not a separate donation site for each climber so if you want to let the climber know you donated, you can do so by email or FB. You can choose to keep your name and donation amount anonymous if you wish. All donations of $20 or more will receive a receipt for income tax purposes. This event is all volunteer-run and all proceeds go to the charity.

Plus you are invited to the Grand Finale Costume Party with live bands and DJs at the Hive Climbing Dec 15 6pm onwards. Dress up as Superheros! More details: www.vrcg.ca

[joewtc]

Thanks Hive Climbing Centre and Cliffhanger for supporting the Christmas Climb-a-thon! Dec 8 & 15 Sat 6-10pm! More info how to sign up: http://www.vrcg.ca. We are at $1845 (Goal:$3000). Yeah! Thanks everyone for the awesome support!

[joewtc]

Thank you everyone for coming to the Christmas Climb-a-thon at Cliffhanger Vancouver yesteryday! 27 superheros pushed their limits and fundraise for Habitat for Humanity Vancouver who builds affordable houses to solve the Vancouver poverty problems. This is absolutely sensational. I know how hard you guys have been training for this and to see these goals being realized in person is unreal! Keith Dawson climbed 152 laps of 5.10a/b while Fiona (11-year-old) climbed 31 laps! Remember the grand finale is Dec 15 Sat 6-10pm Hive Climbing! Goal: $5000. Donate at http://www.vrcg.ca/santa. Contact: Joe Wong 778.999.7104

I did a write up for the event here...
http://vrcg.ca/community-projects/chris ... goal-5000/

Photos: http://www.meetup.com/climbing/photos/12100242/

[joewtc]

Everybody, the Hive event Dec 15 this Sat 6-10pm is posted! Costume: SUPERHEROS!

https://www.facebook.com/events/476111235772393/

Thanks for all the climbers who crank super hard and donors who are so generous, we have raised $4208 ($792 to our $5000 goal)!

Thanks Anders for dropping by the last event and taking some great pictures!!!

[joewtc]

Hello all SUPERheros! We are only $432 short (maybe 10 more people/donations) of our goal: $5000! Please share the climb-a-thon with all your friends! Donate at: www.vrcg.ca/santa! Hope to see you all at the Grand Finale Party at the Hive this Sat 6pm!

Thanks Squamishclimbing.com for the generous donations : ) So far, 126 superheros have made this project possible! Thank you so much!

Joe 778.999.7104

[joewtc]

THANK YOU SO MUCH for the overwhelming support everybody!

Tonight's the night! Climbing, party and fundraising at the Hive Climbing 6pm! Only $257 from our goal! Continue the legacy of the 129 superheros who have donated so far and be the final superheros to make the final push! Secret prize for those who made the $5000 mark! Truly last minute Christmas shopping and give this gift of love and affordable housing to people in need. All proceeds go to Habitat for Humanity Vancouver. Joseph Wong 778.999.7104 Donate at http://www.vrcg.ca/santa

Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/476111235772393/

[joewtc]

THANK YOU to all superheros, climbers and donors! 3 events, 60 climbers with 147+ donors who supported our annual Christmas Climb-a-thon. We have terminated and smashed our fundraising record and raised $5323. This project (same as many past charity projects at VRCG) won’t be possible without amazing individuals who are ambitious, dream big and put their hands into their words and make real changes! Good job everybody!



Also, I want to say THANK YOU to our sponsors and this project won’t be possible without their generous support!

Hive Climbing Centre generously sponsored admission costs for climbers and also donated them on top of that. Andrew with his amazing HIVE staff team challenged themselves and climb as many problems as they can in 1 hour.

Cliffhanger Climbing Gyms generously sponsored the admission costs for climbers at the Coquitlam and Vancouver locations.

Cliff Bar generously sponsors cliff bars to fuel all the hungry climbers.

Evolv generously sponsored amazing gifts to climbers.

Petzl generously sponsored amazing gifts to climbers.

Merry Christmas and Happy New year everybody!