Yesterday’s Halloween Coffee Morning brought an end to an amazing month of fundraising for Jamie’s Journey, here at Million Dollar Fitness.
Over October we had a whole bunch of stuff going on:
Errigal Climb
Over 40 of us climbed Errigal.
Total raised £1455.
Pledge My Pounds
The Million Dollar girls set weight loss targets for themselves and pledged to lose X number of pounds or pay a forfeit. I also pledged to donate £1 for every pound lost.
Total raised so far £690 (more forfeits still to be collected).
Prize Draw
Over 20 prizes were donated by local businesses.
Total raised £1455.
Halloween Coffee Morning.
Members gave their time and baked treats to raise £425 in donations.
Total Raised so far by #TeamMillionDollar is £3860
I’ve seen some amazing things in my years of travelling around the world but NEVER have I experienced anything like the overwhelming support shown here in this community. Average folk from all walks of life, pulling together to help others less fortunate. Everybody has their struggles and we all deal with things differently but one act of kindness no matter how small can make a huge impact on another person’s life.
Meeting Jamie, a 16 year old boy who’s battled Cancer twice has really put my own things into perspective and I have to say I’ve learned an important lesson from all of this – Don’t sweat the small stuff.
Have you got any pumpkins left over ?
Have you ever juiced a pumpkin before?
They work well with carrots, sweet potatoes, citrus fruits, pineapple, mango, apples, pears, squash, zucch kale, spinach and beets and a fab source of B-complex vitamins, vitamins A, C and E, carotenoids (that’s where the orange colour comes from), calcium, copper, iron, magnesium, manganese, phosphorus, potassium, zinc and fibre.
Pumpkin juice recipes
Tropical Pumpkin Juice Recipe
1 pumpkin
2 cups of pineapple
1 pear
2 sweet potatoes
Optional: 1 cup of kale
Prepare the pumpkin by removing the rind, cutting it down the centre and removing the seeds. Then cut it lengthwise or into chunks. Core the pear and pineapple. Cut the sweet potatoes into long spears. Juice the pumpkin, pineapple, pear, and sweet potatoes together, alternating. Serve immediately.
Carrot Pumpkin Spice Juice
1 pumpkin
9 carrots
2 apples
1 inch knob of ginger
Sprinkle of cinnamon
Prepare the pumpkin by removing the rind, cutting it down the centre and removing the seeds. Then cut it lengthwise or into chunks. Core the apple. Juice the pumpkin, carrots, apples, and ginger together. Pour into a glass. Sprinkle with cinnamon. Serve immediately.
Pumpkin Green Juice
1 pumpkin
7 carrots
1 courgette
2 apples
2 cups of kale or spinach
Prepare the pumpkin by removing the rind, cutting it down the centre and removing the seeds. Then cut it lengthwise or into chunks. Core the apples. Juice the pumpkin, carrots, courgette, apples, carrots and kale/spinach together. Serve.
Red Pumpkin Juice
1 pumpkin
2 beets
1 apple
6 carrots
Handful of spinach
Prepare the pumpkin by removing the rind, cutting it down the centre and removing the seeds. Then cut it lengthwise or into chunks. Core the apple. Cut the beets into wedges. Juice the pumpkin, beets, apple, carrots and spinach together. Serve immediately
Dee x
milliondollartrainer.com
PS – only 20 days left of my RAK Challenge!!
Keep your eyes peeled for day 100