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Friday 15 July 2010
Guess what?  We’ve just hit the €250,000 mark!  Where will it stop?

Friday 2 July 2010
And our Lucky Dip Prize Winners for getting sponsorship money in before 14 June are  -

- 2 nights B&B for 2 people in a suite at the Royal Marine Hotel Dun Laoghaire – Deirdre Curtis
- 1  night B&B for 2 people + Brasserie dinner at the Castleknock Hotel – Beth Maguire
- 1 night B&B for 2 peopleat Fitzpatrick’s Hotel Killiney – Aisling Mackey
- 2 nights B&B for 2 people in any Maldron Hotel – Niamh O’Connor
- Vichy skincare hamper – Eileen Browne
- La Roche Possey skincare hamper – Majory Church
- Lunch voucher for Thorntons Restaurant – Ingrid O’Boyle
- €200 photo session voucher from Picturehouse – Ntombifekile Mkhwibiso
- Lunch voucher for Itsa @ Brown Thomas – Ciara Murray
- Voucher for Cabello Hair Design – Aoife O’Dea

Congratulation to you all.  We’ll be in touch to get your prizes to you.

Sunday 27 June 2010
We’ve done it! Not only have we reached our €200,000 target – we have surpassed it and are still counting. To those of you who got their sponsorship money in so quickly – a huge thank you. To those out there who still have to get it in, please do so as soon as possible. A huge congratulations and a very sincere thanks to everyone for making this happen.

Friday 4 June 2010
Don’t forget to go and collect your Flora race numbers this weekend at the Womens World Show at the RDS.

Sunday 30 May 2010
Final week of Training Plans and Nutritional Bites now posted. Only a week to go!

Sunday 16 May 2010
Training Tips and Nutritional Bites for Week 8 have been posted on our website.  Nearly there!

Thursday 13 May 2010
As part Fiat Group Ireland’s sponsorship initiative with the Flora Women’s Mini Marathon they have organised a draw where 5 entrants to the race have the opportunity of winning €500 for their charity.  To be in with a chance, submit your details on Fiat’s new Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/FiatIreland?v=app_4949752878&ref=sgm.  The lucky 5 will be announced in the days following the race.  Go on – go for it!

Tuesday 11 May 2010
Congratulations to Susan O’Dwyer, Kate O’Flaherty, Helen Kennedy Jnr, Eileen Devereux and Grainne O’Carroll who have each won a fantastic RoC skincare product hamper courtesy of J&J in our Flora registration number draw.  Watch this space for news of our sponsorship collection prize draw!

Sunday 9 May 2010
Welcome to Week 7 of our countdown training tips and nutritional bites.  Hope your preparation is going well.

Friday 30 April 2010
Do you need new trainers for the 7th June?  Don’t forget to use the Lifestyle Sports voucher included in your ‘goodie’ shoe bag.  Check out your nearest Lifestyle Sports store for all your running gear needs www.lifestylesports.com.

Monday 26 April 2010
Flora Mini Marathon entries are now closed!  If you managed to register before today please email in your confirmation number to info@runningforcf.ie so we can enter you into our prize draw!

Thursday 15 April 2010
For those of you who missed the Ireland AM interview today you can watch it on this link [just wait for the advert to finish & the interview will start automatically]
http://www.tv3.ie/ireland_am.php?video=21531&locID=1.65.74

Monday 12 April 2010
Congratulations to Aoife Keegan who has won two nights bed and breakfast for two in Rathsallagh Country House.  Congrats also to Liz McKeever, Katherine Gilroy, Helen Clarke, Mary Doyle and Carol Brady who have each won a fantastic RoC skincare product hamper courtesy of J&J.  Don’t forget that we are still running our second prize draw for five more RoC hampers so keep emailing those Flora registration numbers to info@runningforcf.ie.

Thursday 6 April 2010
We’ve reached our goal of 1000 participants signed up to 1 in 1000! But lets not stop at 1000 – how much further can we go? Thanks to all of you who have signed up – but make sure that you register with Flora to ensure your place on Monday 7 June 2010.

Thursday 1 April 2010
If you didn’t manage to send in your Flora entry confirmation numbers for our 31 March draw, don’t dismay! We have organised a second draw for all those who send in their confirmation numbers by the end of April. We have five more fantasic RoC skincare hampers courtesy of J&J for the lucky winners and those of you who have already sent in numbers will also be included in the draw.

Wednesday 31 March 2010
Thank you to all who have sent in their Flora entry confirmation numbers. You have been entered into a draw with two nights B&B for two at Rathsallagh Country House as our top prize, and five runner-up prizes of RoC skincare hampers! The draw will take place on Monday 12 April and winners will be notified by email. The results will also be published on our website. Best of luck!

Monday 29 March 2010
The RTE Guide mentions 1 in 1000 in an article entitled ‘Running for Life’ in their True Lives section.

Sunday 28 March 2010
1 in 1000 gets wonderful coverage on page 38 of the Sunday Independent Magazine in an article called ‘Running on Plenty’.

Wednesday 24 March 2010
The Evening Herald Flora Mini Marathon Supplement gives 1 in 1000 a full page article.

Wednesday 3 March 2010
We are putting everyone who registers with Flora by the 31 March into a draw, with two nights B&B for two at Rathsallagh Country House as our top prize, and five runner-up prizes of RoC skincare hampers! In order to be entered into the draw, please email your Flora registration number to info@runningforcf.ie.

Wednesday 17 February 2010
Great article in the Bray People showing how a community can come together to do something fun and really worthwhile.

Tuesday 2 February 2010
We made it to Page 2 of the Irish Times Health Supplement!

Monday 18 January 2010
1 in 1000 campaign formally launches! Check out our launch photos below ….