tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53638105071286661182024-03-07T22:44:20.191-08:00VSO Challenge: Juliette climbs the KilimanjaroJuliettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16586466459661245741noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5363810507128666118.post-25260898950570330752011-02-11T03:41:00.000-08:002011-02-11T03:41:22.056-08:00Why would I climb the Kilimanjaro ?<div style="text-align: right;">Amsterdam The Netherlands, February 10th 2011</div><br />
Dear Friends, Family, Colleagues, Readers,<br />
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indeed why would I climb the Kilimanjaro, me Juliette, French, living in the Netherlands, 31 years old, IT Consultant ?<br />
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The answer is simple and complex altogether. Those who know me raise their eyebrows on hearing the news, and once I give the why acknowledge in recognition.<br />
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I'm going out there, doing something looking quite impossible (to me) to raise awareness and funds for the VSO. <br />
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A trigger, this is what it took, to remind me that the only limits are the ones I plant in my brain. To go from "I should do something"to "I'm doing it". One beating of the butterfly wings. <br />
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We all receive those requests, in the street, on TV, per email to donate our time or money for a good cause. And there are a lot of them. <br />
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About two weeks ago, I received an email from a colleague, he wrote: let's do it, forwarding one of these emails. The thinking process went as follow:<br />
<ul><li>He copied me on the email; he thinks that I can do it.</li>
<li>The challenge is organized through my company; I know it is serious.</li>
<li>The organization for which the funds are raised fits my motto: sharing skills, changing lives. </li>
<li>I wonder if I can handle it, a summit at 5895 m; why not.</li>
<li>How would I go about it, raising the funds; I know people, who know people...</li>
</ul>I have signed up; I have started training; I have started this blog.<br />
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Please support me ! I have a long way to go.<br />
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Coming soon:<br />
- News on my training<br />
- The page where you can sponspor me<br />
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More info on the VSO: <a href="http://www.vso.org.uk/about/">http://www.vso.org.uk/about/</a>Juliettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16586466459661245741noreply@blogger.com1