FRIENDS OF ST NICOLAS SCHOOL, NEWBURY

This cause was part of Easter Race
This unique race URL is https://ecoracing.co/cause/friends-of-st-nicolas-school-newbury-1594/

Welcome to St Nic’s Easter Virtual Balloon Race – we’d love you to take part in our Easter fundraiser! This is virtual, so totally environmentally friendly and there is no risk to wildlife!!!

National Star Prizes (for the balloons that fly the furthest, from all charities joining this race):
* 1st: £500 cash prize
* 2nd: iPad
* 10 book tokens worth £10 each

There will also be PRIZES EXCLUSIVELY for our furthest flying St Nic’s Balloons including a Tower of Treats, Easter Eggs and Macarons (donated by Mad Hatter Macarons) for the first 10+ winning FOSN balloons.

Details of the prizes will be updated here soon!

Each balloon costs just £3 and you can buy as many balloons as you want to increase your chances of winning. As well as taking part in the overall race and competing with your friends you could have a competition between you and family members or friends to see whose balloons travel the furthest.

Setting off from Istanbul, Turkey, the balloons fly over seven-days, in a computer simulated race where everything is real except the balloon. 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 balloons flight such as low flying geese if your balloon doesn't have enough helium! Eeek! The winner of the race is the balloon that’s flown the furthest in ANY direction.

You can buy a virtual balloon for just £3 and give it a name, colour, shape and pattern. The software designed to run the race uses live weather data to determine the progress of each balloon and entries can be tracked on Google Maps and Satellites once launched.

You can alter your balloon’s parameters at any time before the race departs to improve your chance of winning.

Due to Covid-19 we sadly had to cancel many of our usual fundraising activities. These online events help to raise needed funds to support varied projects at the school as well as contribute towards activities for all the classes, with the primary goal of enhancing the children’s experience at school.

We hope that you will enjoy taking part in this fun event from the comfort of your own home and help us to recoup some of the extra funds that the school will have lost out on this year.

Please do share our virtual balloon race with as many friends and family members that you can (you can even gift balloons!) and we thank you all for your ongoing support for our school fundraising as we all continue to navigate through this tough period.

Our fundraising target is: £250

Gross monies raised so far: £369

Supporters so far: 37

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