# £500,000 charity challenge kicks off in Ireland

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2007/03/05/500000-charity-challenge-kicks-ireland/
- Published: 2007-03-05T00:00:00+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Charity events company I LOVE MONDAYS EVENTS has kicked off its twelve-month charity
challenge around Ireland when it hopes to raise over £500K for a number of causes.

Charity adventure events are planned for towns and cities across Ireland over the
next twelve months with the first expected to attract up to 500 people at the Brunswick
Superbowl in Derry over the weekend of Saturday 31st March and Sunday 1st of April
2007. Over 200 friends and family will compete in the city’s largest-ever charity
bungee jump.

Former Miss UK and now international model Lucy Evangelista popped back from her
current base in Australia to help launch the charitable initiative. Lucy will be
jumping on Saturday 31st March in Derry for Foyle Search and Rescue.

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A similar event, with additional challenges including city abseiling, will be taking
place in Belfast in June and in a number of towns and cities throughout Northern
Ireland and the Republic.

Dean Langasco, Director of Belfast-based I LOVE MONDAYS EVENTS commented: We have
had fantastic support from the people of Northern Ireland so far and would encourage
anyone who wants to be involved in our charity challenge to get in touch as soon
as possible. Register with us online at www.ilovemondays.net or call 02890 693413
for information about the many events planned up and down the island of Ireland.

To make it straightforward for participants, as well as an easy-to-complete sponsorship
form, I LOVE MONDAYS EVENTS will be providing books of prize draw tickets, kindly
assisted by sponsor STA Travel Belfast and Contiki Travel, to give to your friends,
family and colleagues in exchange for sponsorship. Refer-a-friend prizes are also
available for getting more people to take part. Prizes include: rally driving for
two, a luxury pamper day at Nirvana and a three day shopping trip to New York courtesy
of STA Travel Belfast.

Bungee jumpers need to raise a minimum of £230 for one of the following charities
below to take part for free – Autism Initiatives, Mencap, The NI Cancer Fund for
Children, Cooperation Ireland, Disability Action, Foyle Down Syndrome Trust, Age
Concern, Special Olympics, Foyle Search and Rescue, Ulster Cancer Foundation, British
Red Cross, Simon Community and Depaul Trust.

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