Charitable challenges

When it comes to charitable events there can be nothing more off the wall than that of Fife-born brothers Lee and Lindsay Vine who are just about to head off on a trip to Asia with the aim of completing 101 challenges in a year.

They have been getting a lot of media interest but if you haven’t heard what they are up to, Lee and Lindsay have set themselves the task of completing these challenges in one year to raise money and awareness of poor and deprived children in Asia.

“Last year we sadly lost our step-father to cancer and since then, we’ve both realised that it’s better to regret things you have done than to regret the things you didn’t have the guts to do,” says Lindsay.
A desire to travel combined with a sense of how selfish drinking on beaches seemed, 101 Challenges was born. A website was created and the challenges came flooding in, first from friends but then from all over the world and many of them appear to involved pain and suffering for the boys!

“If we can heighten awareness for any particular cause or charity while we’re away then we’ll consider the project a huge success. We’re funding everything ourselves and so can only do challenges within our means, however, we will complete the top 101,” adds Lee.

Friends are hoping the Vines will become a worldwide phenomenon as their antics are filmed for their website and it seems a book deal is in the offing.

They have already had numerous football clubs all over the UK donating shirts for them to give to some of the poorest kids in Asia – part of one of their more charitable challenges. They have also had lots of donations of £5 for them to hand directly to poor kids and animal projects all over Asia – this challenge requiring them to get 101 people to donate £5.

They do need more people to do this so dig deep and you will see pictures and videos of your fiver being handed DIRECTLY to someone in need!

Visit the website at www.101challenges.com for details and to donate.

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