The Concept Farm’s Fresh Ideas 365

Congratulations to Chris Burgess for a bloody good show in the Marathon! Here it is in his own words:

Well, after a lot of training, blood, sweat and tears, I ran the New York City Marathon in a time of 3hrs 23 mins - a time that absolutely flabbergasted me! I was aiming for sub-4 hours and somehow managed to get carried away with the hype, excitement and adrenalin of the big day to run that time. That time meant I finished in 3299th place out of 40,000. I also came 439th in my age group.

It was one of the most amazing days of my life. Whilst I never want to ever attempt a marathon again (I’m told this view will change,) I have never experienced anything like that occasion before. The sheer number of people who came out to watch and cheer all the runners on was breathtaking.

Thank you Farmers for your individual donations in addition to The Farm’s contribution - your money is not only going to a fantastic cause, but you spurred me on when I really didn’t feel like training and pushed me on during the race when my legs were starting to cave in. Thanks so much!!

Sparks is a charity dedicated to funding pioneering paediatric research with a single aim: Helping ALL babies to be born healthy and stay healthy. Sparks is the only children’s charity to fund research across the whole spectrum of paediatric medicine. Since 1991, Sparks has committed over £16.3 million to fund research into conditions such as childhood cancer, childhood arthritis, meningitis, club foot, cerebral palsy, spina bifida and all the risks associated with premature birth. www.sparks.org.uk

Charity Registration No 1003825 (England & Wales), SCO39482 (Scotland) 

Thanks again!

Posted by Mother Hen

Have you seen the stopandvote.com site? Go now and look at where this once modest idea to raise young voter awareness has gone. Our interns had great ideas and energy, but this terrific creative execution could only come from full grown Farmers! We’ll kick off the movement with some Farm fanfare tomorrow at 5. Socially Conscious Cocktail Friday. We’ll present the site and give everyone the opportunity to load a picture and make their own statement. Great job to the many Farmers who worked on this project and Ray who championed it. Keep watching the FLICKR  album. 

And remember BAD GUY has a show on Saturday night at Lit. Alexander’s aerialist show ABOVE THE BELT begins it’s weekly run this Sunday.

Posted by Mother Hen