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Welcome to Warwick Hitch. With the charity Link Community Development we organise an annual sponsored hitch-hike to Morocco or Croatia from Warwick!
Background
The Charity Hitch Hike is organised by Link Community Development, a registered charity (Charity Number: 1048007) in the UK. Link Community Development's works are based mainly in Ghana, Uganda, Malawi, South Africa and Ethiopia. The organisation believes that by giving children the chance of education, they can escape a vicious cycle of poverty. The Hitch Hike is Link's largest fundraising event in the UK.
Hitching the entire, 1,200 mile journey, to the coast of an entirely different continent, Africa, is an incredible achievement, and an amazing experience that you will never forget. Around 100 students from Warwick are expected to take part in the hitch this year, join us on this incredible journey!
In the 18 years the Hitch has been running, over 5,500 people have successfully thumbed lifts across Europe. It always takes place during the Easter holidays (Warwick has 5 weeks, so plenty of time), with the average journey to Morocco taking around 6 days and Croatia taking around 4 days. This year LCD decided to offer an alternative and massively exciting destination of Croatia! The country of "1,000 Islands" this destination is absolutely beautiful. At 900 miles, the Croatia Hitch is a shorter journey than the Morocco Hitch, ideal for those with less time.
To Participate
The initial registration fee is just £28 which provides a Hitch t-shirt, a Hitch information pack and support all the way to Morocco/Prague (including a tracking system)! Sign up on-line by 31st December 2011 and receive a discount on your registration fee, you'll pay £23 instead! We think it's a fabulous offer! So register now at www.lcdhitch.org.
With a minimum fundraising target of £375, not only will you take part in one of the biggest challenges around, but you can do so in the knowledge that you are helping to provide a better future for children in sub-saharan Africa. Nothing that's this fun should be for such a good cause!
This Year's Hitch from Warwick promises to be the biggest and best yet! Come along to our meetings or socials or drop us an email and get involved!
Contact
If you want to find out more, feel free to drop us an e-mail: warwickhitch@googlemail.com or check out LCD's website at www.lcdhitch.org to register or for more about the work that the organisation does.
Add us as a friend on facebook (Warwick Hitch) where you can find all the latest competitions, socials and all that jazz. We'll also be organising lots of fundraising events to help you with your totals. Stay tuned!
Meetings
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Info Meeting - Wednesday Week 9, 6:00pm SUHQ Meeting Room 6
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Three-Legged Bar Crawl! - meeting 7:00pm in the Duck, or 8:30 at Moo-Bar
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Fundraising Meeting - Wednesday Week 10, 3:00pm SUHQ
We hope to see you around!
Big Hitch Love from your Hitch Reps,
Sophie, Muff & Vikki
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