Pitch In For Progress

06/01/2025

🌟 A Huge Thank You for Your Support! 🌟

We are absolutely overwhelmed by the generosity and effort shown by everyone who has supported our GoFundMe campaign to help Project Luangwa build a football pitch in Mfuwe.

A special shoutout goes to these incredible individuals for going the extra mile—literally! Their dedication to covering these distances in support of this cause is nothing short of inspiring:

🏅 Michael Yeomans – 3,018.91 km
🏅 Shamsud Douza Nayan – 2,940.79 km
🏅 JD Beebe – 2,513.75 km
🏅 Alex Kort – 2,263.66 km
🏅 Matthew Mackay – 2,017.27 km
🏅 Mfuwe Fitness Club – 1,739.75 km

Your efforts have not only helped us raise awareness but have also brought us closer to making this football pitch a reality for the Mfuwe community.

To everyone who has donated so far, THANK YOU! Your contributions are making a real difference. If you haven’t donated yet, there’s still time to be a part of this amazing journey. The GoFundMe page will be closing at the end of the week, so please consider making a final donation to help us reach our goal. You can find the link in this post, or pinned on our social pages!

Together, we’re building more than just a football pitch – we’re building dreams and opportunities for the future of Mfuwe.

With heartfelt gratitude,
Pitch In For Progress, led by Joanna Martin.

GoFundMe:
https://gofund.me/f7f8ba1c

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20/12/2024

We’ve completed the Pitch In For Progress distance of 24,726km!

If you’ve been thinking about making a last-minute donation, now’s the time! Every little bit makes a BIG difference. 🙏 **Donation link below** ⬇️

A huge THANK YOU to everyone who has contributed their kilometres – we hope you’ve had as much fun clocking them up as we’ve had watching the leaderboard heat up! 🔥

Every step, cycle, and sprint is helping us support Project Luangwa and their incredible mission to build a football pitch in Zambia.

https://gofund.me/f7f8ba1c

And don’t forget, a final share with friends and family would mean the world to us! Let’s make this happen together! 💪💫

Welcome to the gofundme page for Pitch In For Progress! Starting on September 1st we've challe… Joanna Martin needs your support for Pitch In For Progress

10/12/2024

On Saturday, we had the pleasure of attending the Loch Lomond Shores Christmas Fair to raise awareness and collect donations for Pitch In For Progress. 🎄✨ Thanks to Yannick’s incredible bagpipe performance, we were able to attract a wonderful crowd, all of whom generously donated to the cause.

A huge thank you to everyone who came by to show support! Your contributions will make a real difference. 💚🧡

With just 15 days remaining in our challenge and a little over 1,000 km still to go, we want to express our heartfelt thanks for your incredible support and generous contributions along the way. 🌟 Together, let's reach our goal of 24,726 km and raise as much as we can before Christmas! 🎄 Every step counts, and your continued support makes all the difference. Use the linktree or gofundme on our page to donate!!

01/12/2024

24 DAYS LEFT OF THE PITCH IN FOR PROGRESS CHALLENGE! 🌲⚽️🇿🇲

We want to start this Christmas countdown off by congratulating Project Luangwa for winning the Chairman’s Award for a Not for Profit organisation contributing to Destination Zambia at the 2nd Tourism Excellence Awards!

What a fantastic organisation to support this holiday season. We're 21,703km into the challenge and so close to the finish! Please help us reach our fundraising goal by donating to our Gofundme here:

Welcome to the gofundme page for Pitch In For Progress! Starting on September 1st we've challe… Joanna Martin needs your support for Pitch In For Progress

17/11/2024

Huge thanks to everyone who was at last Friday’s community gin and whiskey tasting event at the Cardross Golf Club! We were thrilled to attend alongside and The Lomond Clinic for an evening filled with good spirits and great company, and we raised £285 through raffle entries and a generous donation from the club! 🎉

Special shoutout to Yannick for bringing his bagpipes to set the perfect tone for the evening. Thank you to everyone who donated, entered the raffle, and helped make a difference! 🙏

We’re always looking to collaborate with local businesses and host raffles or fundraisers at community events. If you’re interested, message us here or email [email protected]

Let’s keep Pitching In for progress together! 💪

23/10/2024

Congratulations to everyone - We have reached Mfuwe in Zambia with our kilometres so far!!! This means we are over halfway through the challenged distance and well on track to finish by Christmas. Please share and donate so we can keep the funding for the pitch on track too! 🇿🇲🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

https://gofund.me/38443431

09/10/2024

Another week, another incredible effort by our challengers! We're now over 9223km into the challenge...

As we still have until Christmas to reach our goal, and you're making it look easy... we've decided to double our goal distance and make the trip back again! This bring up the target distance to 24,726km total.

Please make sure to continue sharing our GoFundMe page to support the challenge cause of helping Project Luangwa construct a football pitch in Mfuwe:

Welcome to the gofundme page for Pitch In For Progress! Starting on September 1st we've challe… Joanna Martin needs your support for Pitch In For Progress

19/09/2024

18/09/2024

We're over a third of the way through our kilometre goal already thanks to everyone's efforts so far. What's even more incredible is that people have collectively spent 551 hours contributing to this challenge - we are so grateful.

The purpose of this challenge is such a worthy cause to inspire such efforts - so please, donate and share our gofundme page so Project Luangwa can built the JK stadium and football pitch!

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https://gofund.me/38443431

14/09/2024

More amazing efforts to reach our kilometre count! From Scotland to Zambia communities have come together to support this challenge.

Please donate to our gofundme -
https://gofund.me/38443431 - help Project Luangwa construct sports facilities for their local area!

The Team Project Luangwa Run is tomorrow! 🏃‍♀️

Ade from Flatdogs Camp and Ian will now be joined by another 39 members of the team(!) so collectively we will be covering over 180km to add to our total distance for the JK Fundraiser.

The participation from the stove team, reading assistants, Digilearn Coaches and shop ladies shows how keen everyone is to support this initiative and how desperately the community want these sporting facilities.

Please come out and show your support!

https://www.gofundme.com/f/bqvx5j-pitch-in-for-progress

10/09/2024

Some more pictures from kilometre collectors over the past week:

Rona Wilson Mackenzie Serpell and their doggy companions out for a walk.

Peddie-Temple and Jill du Toit completing at 10k race.

Crispin Mason-jones and friends conquering the hills in Yorkshire over the weekend.

We've reached a staggering 1616km already and raised £2500 towards our goal!

Your efforts and generosity are very much appreciated, and go towards the ultimate cause for those living in Mfuwe. Keep moving and sharing!

09/09/2024

Some pictures from challenge participants completing their K's this week!