I will wear your name out

I will wear your name in public for 55kms. I will sweat on your name, quite possibly slobber on your name, get it covered in filth and make it smell quite bad. I will, quite possibly, drag your name or that of your company through the muck at times, literally rather than figuratively. I will ask you to pay for the privilege, and I will then write about it and take photos of the process, and tell people how great you and your company were to allow me borrow your name for a night.

What am I on about? THIS. It’s the 55km adventure race that I’m very excited about, the Art O’Neill Challenge in aid of the Stuart Mangan Trust.  I’m running in it, and I’m looking for sponsors. The money goes to help Stuart Mangan, whose spine was snapped at the C1 level, leaving him totally paralyzed and unable to breathe without a ventilator.

It’s a good cause, and if you contribute to it, I’ll embroider your name or company logo on a piece of clothing which will accompany me on the race. The choice of garment will depend on number of sponsors that have to fit onto it.

If you’re a regular punter, a €10 donation will get your name on the chosen garment. If you’re a corporate sponsor, it’ll be €100, which is, granted, a lot more, but read on. For that €100, I’ll embroider your corporate logo on the garment in full colour. Normally, setting up a corporate logo for embroidery would cost you €55. But because I run an embroidery company, A Stitch In Time, I’ll waive that fee, and as well as doing a good deed, you’ll have your logo on file for good. That means any time you need any promotional items done up, all you have to do is call/email/Twitter me and I’ll have your stuff embroidered and on its way to you with minimum fuss.

The sponsorship link is here. Drop me a mail at markham [at] astitchintime [dot] ie  with ‘Mangan’ in the subject line once you’ve donated and we’ll sort out the rest.