Lisa Connell (rentadateforcharity)
User since:
Sunday 29 Jun 2008
Lisa's site:
http://www.rentadateforcharity.com
Rent a Date for Charity, is a new organisation working in association with Brain Tumour Charities throughout the UK & Worldwide.
Rent a Date for Charity has been set up by me, Lisa Connell after I was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour in August 2006 at just 27 years of age. Since my diagnosis I has been working tirelessly to raise funds for and awareness of Brain Tumour Charities. In July 2007 I participated in a 10k run raising over £3000 having been told six months previously that I would never walk again.
I decided that raising money this way was not enough and wanted to create a way of fundraising that would create maximum exposure for the charities and be a lasting legacy. The result of this is Rent a Date for Charity and through this site I have managed to raise over £12,000.
Rent a Date for Charity is a website which people join to be members as either a bidder or a candidate up for auction. The person that bids the highest on a date candidate wins that date. Rent a Date for Charity then donates all the profits to the designated charities each year. Those profits then go towards research supported by brain tumour charities and awareness campaigns organised by Rent a Date for Charity.
Rent a Date for Charity has been set up by me, Lisa Connell after I was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour in August 2006 at just 27 years of age. Since my diagnosis I has been working tirelessly to raise funds for and awareness of Brain Tumour Charities. In July 2007 I participated in a 10k run raising over £3000 having been told six months previously that I would never walk again.
I decided that raising money this way was not enough and wanted to create a way of fundraising that would create maximum exposure for the charities and be a lasting legacy. The result of this is Rent a Date for Charity and through this site I have managed to raise over £12,000.
Rent a Date for Charity is a website which people join to be members as either a bidder or a candidate up for auction. The person that bids the highest on a date candidate wins that date. Rent a Date for Charity then donates all the profits to the designated charities each year. Those profits then go towards research supported by brain tumour charities and awareness campaigns organised by Rent a Date for Charity.