Banker raises $6,000 online in two days for marathon run
Howard Lake | 28 December 2005 | News
Owen Belman, head of consumer banking at Standard Chartered UAE in Dubai, has raised over $6,000 in the first two days after publishing his sponsorship web page promoting his charity marathon run next month.
According to Trade Arabia, Belman will be running in the Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon 2006 in January. He is raising money for Seeing Is Believing, Standard Chartered’s initiative that aims to restore sight to one million people over the next three years.
He set up the page using the campaign’s tool, provided by New Zealand-based FundraiseOnline, to assist supporters wishing to raise funds. As well as handling online donations, the tool enables volunteer fundraisers to maintain a blog, updating their supporters on their progress.
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