Kickstart Coffee - Porridge Club

This cause was part of Schools Back Race
This unique race URL is https://ecoracing.co/cause/porridge-club-kickstart-coffee-2303/


Welcome to Kickstart Coffee's first ever Virtual Balloon Race!

We would love you to take part in our Balloon Race to help raise funds for Porridge Club, a new project for Kickstart Coffee. Kickstart Coffee support orphaned and disadvantaged children in Entebee, Uganda and Porridge Club will aim to feed these community children porridge each morning.

We hope you and your children, friends, family, Grandparents & neighbours will enjoy supporting us with this fun, completely environmentally friendly, virtual event.

How do you join in the fun?

• Buy your balloons. You’ve got to be in it to win it! Each balloon costs just £4 and you can buy as many balloons as you want to help us continue to raise funds for this amazing cause. To buy your balloons click on the button below!

• You can personalise your balloons. Have some fun giving your balloon a name! Choose its’s colour, shape and pattern!

• The direction and distance the balloons fly is based completely on the way you customise your balloon, and the weather during the week.

• Other hazards can also affect your balloon's flight such as low flying geese if your balloon doesn't have enough helium!

• You can track your balloon as often as you want. The race last 7 days and uses real live weather data!!

• The winner of the race is the balloon that’s flown the furthest in ANY direction.

The race launches at 12pm on 24th September from Ontario, Canada, and will last for 7 Days.

Make sure your balloons are ready!!!


PRIZES!
• 1st prize £100 cash
• 2nd prize Amazon Alexa / Echo Dot 4th Generation!


The race is National so you will see balloons from other charities, but we also have some fabulous prices just for Kickstart Coffee entries!!!

KICKSTART COFFEE PRIZES

For the top Kickstart Coffee Balloons who fly the furthest there will also be:

• 1st Kickstart Coffee place – Kickstart Coffee Gift bag & Handmade Ugandan Keyring
• 2nd Kickstart Coffee – Handmade Ugandan Beaded Flamingo Animal

Good luck everyone, watch our Facebook and Instagram pages for regular race/flight updates throughout race.

Thank you for your support, as always.

Kickstart Coffee
www.kickstartcoffee.org

Our fundraising target is: £250

Gross monies raised so far: £30

Supporters so far: 3

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Top 20 balloons within cause

  • #1 AGD Silverdale 1: travelled 836.10km FINISHED
    Race position: 1
    Cause position: 1

  • #2 PMD Silverdale 1: travelled 833.46km FINISHED
    Race position: 2
    Cause position: 2

  • #3 AGD Silverdale 2: travelled 602.99km FINISHED
    Race position: 6
    Cause position: 3

  • #4 PMD Silverdale 2: travelled 566.16km FINISHED
    Race position: 8
    Cause position: 4

  • #5 Speedy: travelled 96.69km POPPED
    Race position: 84
    Cause position: 5

  • #6 POP: travelled 87.55km POPPED
    Race position: 93
    Cause position: 6

  • #7 Balloony: travelled 80.00km POPPED
    Race position: 99
    Cause position: 7

  • #8 Kickstart love coffee xx: travelled 79.82km POPPED
    Race position: 100
    Cause position: 8

  • #9 Up Up and away: travelled 55.40km POPPED
    Race position: 133
    Cause position: 9

  • #10 Cool Dude: travelled 34.10km POPPED
    Race position: 179
    Cause position: 10



Supporter Balloons (10)

  • AGD Silverdale 1 joined the race on September 20, 2022, 4:27 PM
    Cause position: 1
    Race position: 1

  • PMD Silverdale 1 joined the race on September 20, 2022, 4:27 PM
    Cause position: 2
    Race position: 2

  • AGD Silverdale 2 joined the race on September 20, 2022, 4:27 PM
    Cause position: 3
    Race position: 6

  • PMD Silverdale 2 joined the race on September 20, 2022, 4:27 PM
    Cause position: 4
    Race position: 8

  • Speedy joined the race on September 24, 2022, 11:20 AM
    Cause position: 5
    Race position: 84

  • POP joined the race on August 25, 2022, 7:59 PM
    Cause position: 6
    Race position: 93

  • Balloony joined the race on September 24, 2022, 11:18 AM
    Cause position: 7
    Race position: 99

  • Kickstart love coffee xx joined the race on August 25, 2022, 7:25 PM
    Cause position: 8
    Race position: 100

  • Up Up and away joined the race on August 25, 2022, 7:25 PM
    Cause position: 9
    Race position: 133

  • Cool Dude joined the race on September 24, 2022, 11:16 AM
    Cause position: 10
    Race position: 179