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International Give Away For Charity

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Ok, so I could be cruel and make you wade through acres and acres of text and blurb about my day and about oats and about scary thunderstorms and flooding stables…but I won’t. Instead, I’ll jump straight to telling you about my big old International Give Away I’ve been banging on about recently!

Remember how I signed up to do the Royal Parks Half Marathon in London this October? Well, the reason I got a place is because I am running it in aid of The Brooke Hospital for Animals.

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I chose The Brooke for a number of reasons:

Firstly, they work with equines; horses, donkeys and mules, and y’all know I have a slight love affair with a certain horse-shaped blob called Chika! Their work is predominantly in places like Kenya, India and Pakistan.

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Secondly, they are not a charity that just puts a metaphorical plaster over a horses’ cut, but instead, they look at the very root of the problem. The owners of the equines they help are very, very poor, and have little to no knowledge of how to care properly for their animals. However, they depend on them for their work, to help feed their families and keep themselves alive. But, because the owners are so poor and don’t know about correct care, the animals are often underfed, overworked and mistreated.

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For example, many people believe a horse will work better if it is forbidden from eating or drinking throughout the entire day – in climates of 40 degrees and over (90 F) that is awful. Many owners do not know how to fit tack or harnesses, or how to clean wounds, resulting in a huge amount of pain and suffering for the animal.

The Brooke however, not only gives the animals aid, but also teaches and educates the owners how they should be looking after their animals. They teach them about correctly fitting tack, veterinary care, that the animals need rest and water, that beating them will not make them go faster – The Brooke even trains farriers and equine dentists, thus actually increasing jobs available to the local community. The Brooke workers teach the children too, so that as they grow up and get their own equines, the problem won’t even begin because they know the correct practices.

I could go on and on about the incredible work The Brooke does – benefitting both the animals and the community – but I don’t want to lose you! I would urge you to visit their website however, to learn more, watch videos, or go donate a chunk of your life savings to them; they’re truly worth it!

SO anyway – my giveaway!

I have a target amount of money I want to raise for them, and I need YOUR help to do it!

Therefore, I am holding this international give away, paid for solely out of my own (ever dwindling) savings. It’s open to anyone, anywhere, and I’ll pay the postage. Here’s the stuff one lucky person can win!

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3 Nakd bars (Ginger Bread, Cashew Cookie, Banana Bread) <— my three favourite flavours

2 Nakd raisins (Lemon, Orange)

Munchy Seeds (Vanilla coated pumpkin seeds)

9Bar (Nutty)

Tamari Roasted Apricot Kernels

Rice Quinoa Spaghetti

Good Stuff sweets (all natural jelly sweets, vegan and gluten free!)

Dried mulberries

Chocolate flavour herbal tea

Montezuma’s Lordy Lord dark chocolate (one of my all time favourite dark chocolates!)

Coconut and Raspberry dark chocolate

Ombar Probiotic Coconut dark chocolate

2 x Pulsin’ bars (Bliss Bar, Raw Chocolate Brownie)

Lovebite LoveBall

Natural Balance Foods Trek bar (Cocoa Brownie)

Wheat syrup waffles

Mixed nut butter

VitaFlax Organic Milled Flaxseed with dried pomegranate flakes

2 x Organic Food Bars (Chocolate chip, Kids Chocolate Brownie Crunch)

Phew! I think that’s it :-D

Everything is vegan, except the 9Bar which has honey. I’ve tried to pick a bunch of stuff that shooould appeal to both Brit readers and non-Brit readers, to get the max number of entries possible :-)

You can enter a number of ways, but the first entry is a MUST.

1) You must must must donate £2 to the Brooke, via my Just Giving* page. If you do not donate, I will not accept any further entries from you, regardless of how much you tweet, blog or spread the word. Of course, feel free to donate more ££ if you can afford it! In fact, for every £1 more you donate, you get another entry! Just make sure you leave a comment on this post for each £1. If you’re in America or Australia or Finland or the moon, you can still donate; the Just Giving page should accept everything (although obviously I can’t test that out).

Each of these next methods is worth an additional entry – just leave a comment saying you have done so.

2) Tweet about the give away, mentioning @BritChickRuns

3) Blog about the give away in your own blog (if you have one), and provide a link to the post in the comments section

And that’s it! Remember, this is international, so anyone can enter. You don’t have to be a blogger, you can be a reader, but the rules are still the same: no entry will be counted UNLESS you have donated a minimum of £2 via my Just Giving page.

The give away will close in one week, so get those entries in!!

*JustGiving is a 100% secure way to donate money to the cause, with all proceeds going to The Brooke. I will not be receiving a single penny from any donations.

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99 Comments

  1. Comment by Eleanor@eatinglikeahorse:
    Tuesday, June 28th 2011 at 8:35 pm | 

    What a lovely thing to do – and for such a good cause! I hope I’d have donated anyway but am on my way to as we speak… :-)

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  5. Comment by Sarah:
    Tuesday, June 28th 2011 at 11:22 pm | 

    I’m trying to donate and having issues – does anyone have any advice? I’m from the US, and it wouldn’t take my paypal or credit card : (

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  6. Comment by Jess@HealthyExposures:
    Wednesday, June 29th 2011 at 12:25 am | 

    I’m still not certain how many dollars I just donated as google couldn’t really give me a solid answer…but either way, I’ve donated! lol
    Such a great thing for you to do, and a charity I would love to support, as well.

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  7. Comment by Jess@HealthyExposures:
    Wednesday, June 29th 2011 at 12:27 am | 

    Okay, I’m going to feel really obnoxious when I’m done with this, but this is the start of my extra entries for donating 7pounds.

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  11. Comment by Jess@HealthyExposures:
    Wednesday, June 29th 2011 at 12:29 am | 

    apparently i skipped three.

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  13. Comment by Katherine:
    Wednesday, June 29th 2011 at 2:03 am | 

    I donated :) Such an amazing cause!

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  15. Comment by Katherine:
    Wednesday, June 29th 2011 at 2:04 am | 

    I will blog about it tonight on my blog!

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  16. Comment by Ashley @ the fit academic:
    Wednesday, June 29th 2011 at 2:06 am | 

    What a great cause – so heartbreaking! I used to work on a horse farm when I was younger so I have a special place in my heart for them!

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  17. Comment by Katy:
    Wednesday, June 29th 2011 at 4:30 am | 

    I donated!!

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  19. Comment by Crina:
    Wednesday, June 29th 2011 at 9:42 am | 

    Wonderful giveaway and a great cause to support!

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  20. Comment by Crina:
    Wednesday, June 29th 2011 at 9:43 am | 

    I donated. :)

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  21. Comment by Crina:
    Wednesday, June 29th 2011 at 9:43 am | 

    And donated some more!

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  22. Comment by Crina:
    Wednesday, June 29th 2011 at 9:46 am | 

    And promise to spread the word. I don’t tweet, but I’ll talk about it on Facebook. (Which I guess doesn’t count as an extra entry, but then donating isn’t really about winning the giveaway either, it’s for the cause, right?)

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  23. Comment by Katherine:
    Wednesday, June 29th 2011 at 3:07 pm | 

    Here is the link to where I posted in my blog :D
    http://divinelykatherine.wordpress.com/

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  24. Comment by steph:
    Wednesday, June 29th 2011 at 3:54 pm | 

    I donated

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  25. Comment by steph:
    Wednesday, June 29th 2011 at 3:54 pm | 

    and I donated again (well, I only donated once, but more than £2!)

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  26. Comment by steph:
    Wednesday, June 29th 2011 at 3:55 pm | 

    so I get to enter a few times!

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  27. Comment by Christin:
    Wednesday, June 29th 2011 at 8:29 pm | 

    I donated! I’m in the US and didn’t look up the exchange first, so just went with one…and then shed a few tears for the animals in the pictures…it breaks my heart! :(

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  28. Comment by Ellen @ Cinnamonalicious:
    Wednesday, June 29th 2011 at 9:58 pm | 

    SUCH an amazing idea Freya!! I hope people pay up!
    I just donated :)

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  29. Comment by Ellen @ Cinnamonalicious:
    Wednesday, June 29th 2011 at 10:01 pm | 

    And I tweeted!
    Will link back in my next post too :)

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  30. Comment by Ragnhild:
    Thursday, June 30th 2011 at 8:38 am | 

    I love this charity Freya!! So great of you to do this! donated £10, so this is the first 2.

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  41. Comment by marya:
    Thursday, June 30th 2011 at 8:09 pm | 

    I donated. :)

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  45. Comment by Sarah:
    Thursday, June 30th 2011 at 9:51 pm | 

    Hello :)
    I donated £5 so here’s the first 2…

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  46. Comment by Sarah:
    Thursday, June 30th 2011 at 9:51 pm | 

    and 3…

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  47. Comment by Sarah:
    Thursday, June 30th 2011 at 9:52 pm | 

    and 4…

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  48. Comment by Sarah:
    Thursday, June 30th 2011 at 9:52 pm | 

    and 5…

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  49. Comment by Sarah:
    Thursday, June 30th 2011 at 9:53 pm | 

    And i just tweeted about the giveaway. So happy to be supporting a great cause :)

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  50. Comment by Kate:
    Friday, July 1st 2011 at 3:22 pm | 

    I donated 4. Have a horse myself…

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  51. Comment by Lana:
    Friday, July 1st 2011 at 9:08 pm | 

    SUCH a fantastic idea!
    I’ve donated £3
    so heres 1…

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  52. Comment by Lana:
    Friday, July 1st 2011 at 9:10 pm | 

    …2…

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  53. Comment by Lana:
    Friday, July 1st 2011 at 9:10 pm | 

    and 3 (:

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  54. Comment by Alex @ fightcancerwithfood:
    Friday, July 1st 2011 at 11:05 pm | 

    Just discovered your blog through Caitlin @ Healthy Tipping Point and immediately donated + tweeted! Awesome blog and great cause :)

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  55. Comment by Sara (The Veggie Eco-Life):
    Saturday, July 2nd 2011 at 7:45 am | 

    As I said on the just giving page: I think this is a wonderful cause! I’m going to tell my friends about it and I wished I could donate some more, maybe in the future!

    This counts for my first 2£.

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  64. Comment by Sara (The Veggie Eco-Life):
    Saturday, July 2nd 2011 at 7:51 am | 

    I tweeted about it, I hope more people will donate because of it!!

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  70. Comment by Laura @ box run eat:
    Saturday, July 2nd 2011 at 10:18 am | 

    +5 great cause by the way :-)

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  71. Comment by Laura @ box run eat:
    Saturday, July 2nd 2011 at 10:19 am | 

    And I tweeted… fingers crossed hehe

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  72. Comment by Michelle:
    Saturday, July 2nd 2011 at 3:54 pm | 

    I donated! This will be for my first two pounds. :)

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  73. Comment by Michelle:
    Saturday, July 2nd 2011 at 3:55 pm | 

    Three pounds!

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  74. Comment by Michelle:
    Saturday, July 2nd 2011 at 3:56 pm | 

    Four pounds!

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  75. Comment by Michelle:
    Saturday, July 2nd 2011 at 3:57 pm | 

    Five pounds. :)

    I think this is amazing. I knew nothing about this before and was happy to donate.

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  76. Comment by Katy:
    Sunday, July 3rd 2011 at 3:01 am | 

    Donated 5 pounds…! post #1…

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  80. Comment by Emily:
    Sunday, July 3rd 2011 at 2:18 pm | 

    I donated!

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  82. Comment by Vicky:
    Monday, July 4th 2011 at 8:18 am | 

    Hi there Freya,
    I just donated 10 pounds!!! Good luck with the fundraising, and ofcourse I would love to win the giveaway, because a lot of the products are not available here in the Netherlands. Love Vicky

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  83. Comment by Vicky:
    Monday, July 4th 2011 at 8:20 am | 

    #2

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  84. Comment by Vicky:
    Monday, July 4th 2011 at 8:20 am | 

    #3

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  85. Comment by Vicky:
    Monday, July 4th 2011 at 8:21 am | 

    #4

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  86. Comment by Vicky:
    Monday, July 4th 2011 at 8:21 am | 

    #5

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  87. Comment by Vicky:
    Monday, July 4th 2011 at 8:21 am | 

    #6

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  88. Comment by Vicky:
    Monday, July 4th 2011 at 8:22 am | 

    #7

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  89. Comment by Vicky:
    Monday, July 4th 2011 at 8:22 am | 

    #8

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  90. Comment by Vicky:
    Monday, July 4th 2011 at 8:23 am | 

    #9

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  91. Comment by Vicky:
    Monday, July 4th 2011 at 8:23 am | 

    #10

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  92. Comment by Nathalie:
    Monday, July 4th 2011 at 8:08 pm | 

    What a great idea to pair a give-away with fundraising!!! I just donated £10 :-) Won’t add extra comments, but I sure hope I get lucky :-) Not sure if I’m too late anyway?! Doesn’t matter- great cause!!!

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