Marathon for a Cause

Hi, my name is Christian Pobre. On July 4 2010, I will be running the Milo Marathon and in the process, I am hoping to raise funds to help as many charity patients in the Philippine General Hospital (PGH) as possible.

You can help me raise money for PGH patients in one of two ways:

1. You can pledge a certain amount per kilometer I run. The full marathon is 42 kilometers. This means that if I complete the run, a pledge of P1 per kilometer will translate to P42 and a pledge of P100 per kilometer will translate to P4,200.
2. You can make a fixed donation, which will not depend on the distance I actually cover or how long it takes me to finish my run.

You can also be creative in coming up with you pledge or donation. In the past, a few donors have given bonuses when I beat my previous personal best. Or the fixed donation will given only if I complete the marathon. Donation amounts have also ranged from fifty pesos (P50) to ten thousand pesos (P10,000).

This will be the seventh time since 2003 that I am running a marathon for charity. I successfully completed the marathon from 2003 to 2006 and again last year, raising about P430,000 (about US$9,260). I managed to raise almost P80,000 last year but given that there is very little time left for me to collect pledges, I am hoping to raise P30,000 this year. All money will be used to help charity patients in the PGH who cannot afford to pay for the medicine or tests necessary to help them get better.

If you want to help, please send me an email at marathonforacause@yahoo.com.ph (or through my personal email – if you are my friend or if I have emailed you already, you can just use that address).

Thanks!