17.06.2021
Glendalough parishioners ask you to ‘Go the Distance’ for week–long fundraiser
Members of a Glendalough parish are urging people to join them as they walk, run or jog to Jerusalem next week … virtually. Newcastle and Newtownmountkennedy with Calary are asking parishioners and friends to ‘Go the Distance’ with them on their 5,518 kilometre journey as they raise funds for Al Ahli Hospital in Gaza and the parishes.
The collective challenge starts this Saturday, June 19 and they plan to reach the Holy City by 8pm on June 27. They need to cover 613 kilometres a day and you and/or your team can help by signing up and adding the distance you walk to the total.
You can sign up individually or as a team. The cost of entry is €10 per person or €25 per team or family. You will receive a raffle ticket when you sign up and another ticket with every extra €5 you donate.
The Rector, the Revd Ross Styles, explained how the Go the Distance Challenge will work. “We are asking everyone to get out into our beautiful countryside and walk, run, skip or jog. Then we will tally up the total kilometres with the aim of accumulating 5,518 kilometres. So from the 19 to 27 June we are asking everyone to get your shoes on and get out and enjoy our wonderful county from the mountains to the sea,” he said.
You can sign up for Go the Distance here: https://forms.gle/BHX5yrQkABz9fyF69 . Then log the distance you travel each day at the link provided when you register.
There will also be a number of spot prizes for longest distance travelled by an individual, longest distance averaged by a team, best junior effort, best senior category and best photo.
You can keep up to date on how the challenge is going on the parish Facebook page and see where Rev Ross is walking every day. He tells more about the challenge and Al Ahli Hospital, which is run by our partners in the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem, in the video below.
You can find out more about Al Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza city here: https://afedj.org/institution/ahli-arab-hospital-gaza-city/