Supporting Cure Kids: the Great Adventure Race

This April, we're supporting Cure Kids by participating in the Cure Kids Great Adventure Race.

 

 

 

Cure Kids was established over 35 years ago to address the lack of research into life-threatening childhood illnesses in New Zealand. In that time Cure Kids has invested over $26 million in vital medical research. This research has helped save many young lives and improved the quality of life for thousands of children.

 

Meet the team

Our race team of 4 - Julia, Jon, Alan and Paul - are blogging about their adventures in training.

Read about their latest exploits on the Theta Cure Kids Great Adventure Race blog.

This is a big commitment! The race is a multi-discipline 6-9 hour event. Our team of 4 navigate, bike, run/trek, and traverse waterways. As well as the race team, there are 2 back up race team members (just in case!) and a support crew of 4 that helps raise funds/donations, organise and assist the team before and during the race.

Help us to help the kids

By entering a team we’ve committed to a minimum entry fee of $10,750, all of which goes to CureKids. Theta is putting up the first $5,750 which leaves us with $5,000 to raise through donations and other fundraising events. We think Cure Kids is a great charity to support, and we hope that you will too. Anything you can donate is greatly appreciated, and goes straight to Cure Kids and the vital research they support.

How to make a donation

Our fundraising page makes it easy to make a donation using your credit card. All the money goes straight to CureKids, all donations over $5 are tax deductible for New Zealand residents and you will be sent a receipt automatically. 

Prizes up for grabs

As a thank you to our supporters we’re offering a chance to win 1 of 3 great prizes. For every $20 donation (or multiple thereof) we’ll put you into the draw for one of these excellent prizes:

• 1 x Toshiba 10.1” AT100 Android tablet (prize drawn 1 March 2012)
• 1 x Xbox 360 4GB Console with Kinect + Kinect Adventures game (prize drawn 29 March 2012)
• 1 x Toshiba 10.1” AT100 Android tablet (prize drawn 19 April 2012)

Check our fundraising page after the prize draw dates to see if you are one of the lucky winners.

More about the race

Watch this video to find out more about the race and what's in store for the Theta team.