30for30 Fitness Challenge

Anyone that knows me will know I put a lot of time and effort into charities. I'll donate and help out whenever I can.

So this month I'm doing the World Vision 30for30 Fitness Challenge.

The following was taken from the World Vision Everyday Hero 30for30 Fitness Challenge website

"Join World Vision’s 30for30 Fitness Challenge and help a child survive past 30 days.

Weak immune systems and an inability to control regulatory functions – like maintaining body temperature – make newborn babies particularly vulnerable to infections such as pneumonia and meningitis. But 70 percent of those deaths are preventable, and you can help us prevent them.

Jump on board our fitness challenge and dedicate the first 30 days of 2015 to making sure the first 30 days of a child’s life aren’t their last.

Just choose a personal fitness challenge, get your friends and family to sponsor you – or sign up themselves, if they also want to make a difference -  and raise money to help stop millions of unnecessary infant deaths.

How does it work?

Set yourself a personal fitness challenge and fundraising goal to be completed in the first 30 days of 2015.
Create and share your online fundraising page with your friends and family.
Complete your challenge and help change lives.
We’ll be with you at every step of the way providing useful fundraising resources, support and updates on how other Australians are taking part too.

What can my fundraising do?

Funds you raise could help provide mothers and babies with access to clean, safe deliveries, breastfeeding support and vitamin supplements that help boost babies’ immune systems and prevent malnutrition, and vaccinations.

   $250 could provide 211 women with access to essential maternal, newborn and child health services.
   $500 could provide 147 toddlers with vitamin supplements to boost nutrition and protect against illness for a year.
   $1000 could provide access to vaccinations for 570 children under two and healthcare for 410 pregnant women through bimonthly outreach sessions in remote areas." 

Do you get the idea now??
How sad is it that so many children don't make it past the first 30 days of life?!
And it takes so little effort on our behalf to help them.

On January 1st - the first day of the challenge - $30k had already been raised to help these babies. That's a good effort!! Go Australians!!


My personal fitness goal is to ride 20kms a day. Before I got pregnant with Isla (now 6months old) I could quite easily ride 20kms. Since having Isla and my arthritis playing up again it was actually quite a challenge getting my fat, unfit ass on the bike yesterday and after doing my first 20kms I wanted to vomit. It was hilarious! My husband sat on the couch laughing at me, so of course I told him to put his money where his mouth is. He cycled 20kms a whole 6 minutes SLOWER than me!!!

If anyone can spare a few dollars it's all going towards a VERY worthy cause!! I'll pop the link to my donation page below and I would be so grateful for any spare change-$2 is still a good donation!

My target amount is a tiny $100 and I've nearly made it there already thanks to 2 super generous donations.
My mum is also participating in this particular challenge so of course it's also a bit of a competition between us as to who can raise the most 😃😃

I'm also open to any fitness challenges you want to give me. For example if you donate and give me $10 you could leave a comment saying 'I'll donate another $10 if you ride an extra 10kms today" and of course I'll pop the photos/video of me completing the challenge/dying on my Facebook page The Currie Way Of Life.

Link to my donation page is:
https://30for30fitnesschallenge.everydayhero.com/au/emma-currie



Emma Currie