Anna Popplewell is one extremely intelligent girl. Meeting her in New York last year was pretty intimidating, even though I’m a bit older than she is. And now she’s doing her part to raise money for a good cause. She writes:
I am not athletic! However, I am going to attempt to be athletic on 26th April 2009 and run the London marathon in order to raise money for an extremely worthy cause. Shelter is a brilliant charity that targets homelessness in the UK and, particularly homelessness amongst children. One in seven children in Britain are either homeless or living in either overcrowded or poor conditions, and nearly 1.7 million households are on waiting lists for a social rented home.
Shelter campaigns for more government assisted affordable housing, provides education schemes for disadvantaged children, gives free advice for those under threat of illegal eviction or housing difficulties, and works with both local and national authorities to secure lasting change. I am training hard and am determined to make it to the finish line in a respectable time in April. I want to make a contribution to the wonderful work Shelter do and I would be incredibly grateful if you would sponsor my marathon.
Many thanks,
Anna
If you’re interested in donating to this charity to help her reach her goal of £3,000.00, you can visit her page on JustGiving.com
Big thanks to Mark Sommer for running the story on HollywoodJesus.com
Thanks for the blurb about my article, Paul. I thought this story deserved to be told. I’m glad I found it. Unlike her character, Susan, Anna has apparently not become all wrapped up in herself. It doesn’t seem that fame has spoiled her. As I say in my article, there is more to the girl than just
Go Anna!! 😀 I’ll try to spot you on tv. :]
I must say, I really respect her for this. Good luck, Anna!
Good for her I could try that but I would die
good job Anna! I am really proud of you. I will try and spot you on TV. Good LUck!
Hi Anna,
I just wanted to wish you good luck. I’m so happy for you and I know that this will definitely be good for you. I think it’s great what you doing to help the shelter.
Best wishes,
Ashley Schulz 🙂
P.S.: I was recently in London at the airport as I was flying to Italy from April 3rd till the 11th this year. It would have been awesome if I’d seen you, William, Ben, Skandar, or Georgie. LOL!
Good going Anna. It is nice to know that she is doing something good and not all wrapped up in herself. I know she will never get that way. It is wonderful to know that she is blessing the homeless.
Three words to describe a marathon – ouch, ouch and OUCH !
Top banana to Anna for doing this – I’ve done just the one marathon, never again ! From experience I say it is WORSE than doing an Ironman triathlon (done 2 of those) where you run a full marathon after biking 112 miles !
hello!!
my name is Sergio,I am from Argentina,and I ve a great fan of the Chronicles of Narnia!
I dont talk and write very well English,so a said everyone Good Bye!!!