“He’s doing what?”,
may have been the first reaction to Tony’s Tarzan idea here at Banana HQ, but since then we’ve worked around the clock in our Banana HQ uniforms (see left) to make Tarzan’s fundraising dream a reality.
Cracking the knuckles and unleashing the banana-based puns we weaved words for the press release, tapped away at the website and spent many a happy minute ‘researching’ Facebook pages.
After battling to hold charity banners up in the breeze, we officially launched Tarzan’s Bananathon on a sunny Monday morning at the Manchester Royal Infirmary.
As camera bulbs flashed and our stars grinned, we watched a worryingly large group of builders gather at the Hospital gates. “What’s all this?” the onlookers said, as we handed out autographed press releases and explained that our run will have a route chosen by the Great British Public.
Waving to passing cars on Oxford Road, a chorus of beeps and honks rang out as the Bananathon bunch lapped the Hospital grounds.
Back in plain clothes and sipping a brew, we chatted to Tony, Sean and Tom about what would happen next, chatting about blogs, flyers and Facebook.
Whizzing back to HQ on the tilting train, the interview requests started flooding in for our bunch of intrepid Bananathon runners.
Logging onto Facebook, we added links, videos, pictures and details to the charity’s official page and passed the message onto our online ‘friends’. Since then, interviews on Channel M, the Manchester Evening News, Radio Manchester and Pure FM have set the phones ringing with requests for visits for the most interactive fundraising event we’ve ever organised…
Over the coming weeks, we’ll grapple with massive maps of Manchester, Stockport, Gorton, Denton and Hyde as we build a route for Tarzan and his friends and try to find a post-race party venue.
At the heart of all the manic activity, we keep our eyes fixed on raising much-needed funds to beat blood cancers. Around 110,000 people are currently affected by blood cancer, the most common cause of cancer deaths in the under 35s.
So please cheer on Tarzan, Jane and the Banana as we aim to save lives in our lifetime
Banana HQ, Leukaemia Research
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