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The Last Desert (2024) blog posts from Natalie Yiu

01 September 2024 11:41 pm (GMT+08:00) Taipei

Dear RTP community,

It's 11 weeks left till The Last Desert race event. This is getting real. Hope the strength training, run and hike practices from the past eight months would help improve my durability and performance on this race. I can't wait to meet all the racers, friends and RTP staff/crew support.


This time, I'm delighted to share with you a meaningful fundraising project collaborating with a social enterprise called StarUp Wonders in Hong Kong. This organization helped Youth with Intellectual Disability (YID) to build up their confidence and integrity to the society through developing their talents through art and turn their artwork into meaningful products as a source of income.

The past two months, I had participated a joint creation with YID from StarUp Wonders of a customized painting that carries a theme of Antarctica. They go beyond their imagination to draw very cute penguins doing different sports. They have turned this beautiful drawing into a dry-fit towel for sale as donation to keep their social enterprise afloat. This painting showcases their talent to different cultures, and aim to cheer for our international runners along the Antarctica journey.

You are encouraged to take a look of below fundraising website that they have helped set up and any support would be greatly appreciated. Please feel free to drop me a note should you would like to learn more of it.

https://love2create.org.hk/en/2024-antarctica-starup-expedition/

Cheers,

Natalie Yiu

Towel

*Customized Antarctica Themed Dry-Fit Towel (Donation:HK$500/pc)

Race sharing*Race sharing session

Hike practice*Hike practice on MacLehose Trail Stage 9 & 10 with weighted backpack and race water bottles at front. (32C, 24K, 4.5hrs)

Comments: Total (4) comments

Tarnnya Chan

Posted On: 30 Nov 2024 04:09 pm

Add Oil! Proud of you ! Thanks for bringing StarUp Wonder Towel to Antarctica. Amazing!

Sonia Pahwa

Posted On: 28 Nov 2024 07:05 pm

Fellow RTPer here - congrats on your fundraising efforts. It sounds like a great cause. I love the Antarctica painting on dry fit towels = will make wonderful holiday gifts with special meaning! Wishing you safe travels across the Drake and a good first day on course!

Natalie Yiu

Posted On: 10 Nov 2024 04:47 am

Thank you very much Mary for your support. You are truly our inspiration. All the best to all competitors. See you all soon. Nat.

Mary Gadams

Posted On: 02 Nov 2024 05:21 am

What an amazing group of kids. Well done StarUp Wonders. We are so proud to support this great organisation. Good luck, Natalie, it's always so much more meaningful to support an organization as part of an ultramarathon. You represent the best of humankind.
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