National Autistic Society launches fundraising Sudokuthon
Howard Lake | 2 October 2006 | News
The National Autistic Society (NAS) is launching the first national Sudoku fundraising campaign, the NAS Sudokuthon which will run from 9-13 October 2006. The charity is encouraging companies to take part and has already secured teams from Vodafone, Canary Wharf Group and law firm Charles Russell.
Companies will be competing against each other on the online leader board, in a bid to be crowned the NAS Sudokuthon champion.
The campaign aims to raise £500,000 for children and their families living with autism in the UK.
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It will also attempt to set a Sudoku record – inviting thousands of school children to take part and employees to help complete thousands of grids for thousands of kids who have autism in the UK today. The charity aims to complete over 500,000 Sudoku grids during the fundraising week.
About Howard Lake
Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale.
He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.