Flora Mini Marathon
On Monday 7th June, Jackie Pallas, National Secretary of Missionary Children and her daughter Lydia did a combination of walking, running and for the last kilometer, crawling the mini marathon in aid of Missionary Children. The weather was particularly bad and both of them said they have never been so wet with all their clothes on before. Sadly, it took them 2hrs and 16mins to complete the circuit but they're hoping that next year they'll improve slightly. Almost 40,000 women (and lots of men dressed as women) participated in this wonderful event and raised hundreds of thousands of euro for their favourite charity. We haven't yet counted the sponsorship money for our two participants but we'll keep you posted. It was a particular milestone for Jackie because she had her second spinal operation sixteen weeks ago and promised that if she got better she'd participate for the society. Well done to you both!
