A Little Trekkers daddy returns...for a short while

During an operational tour a soldier gets a 2 week leave break...to come home, rest, see family and friends, for Madison this has come a couple of weeks before the trek! Her daddy returned last week and goes back to Afghanistan next week and she has loved having the opportunity of showing him all they have achieved and all the bits in the scrapbook and of course the blog!

Tony also did some filming with BFBS TV forces welfare http://www.bfbs.com/news/topics/forces-welfare we will post the link of course after the piece is shown.

Here daddy of  a Little Trekker blogs about coming home and what he thinks of the 'My daddy is a soldier trek 2011' and  how important the focus has been for the little girls....

"Well it's good to be home seeing my girls and to have a relax. Didn't last long as we had some filming for BFBS and I saw first hand how long it takes to get two minuets of footage. I try to keep up to date with all the stuff that is happening with The Little Trekkers but actually what I see on the internet is only a fraction of what happens and actually the work that goes on behind the scenes by Louise and the other mums is unbeilevable knowing that Lou holds down a full time job and looks after a seven year old, how the trek and HomeFront Forces have had the coverage they have had is amazing.
Well its great to be home and its brillaint to see how much this means to Madison, Louise and all the girls with my own eyes and to feel a part of it is fantastic!!  Once again I wish them all the luck in the world and cant wait to see all the pictures of them at the top of Snowdon while I finish my time off in Afghanistan"

only 12 days until Trek day!!!!!!!! xx

Project 65 supporting The Little Trekkers

Project 65 have been so supportive to The Little Trekkers adventure and we'd like to say a really big thanks for that...much appreciated, also all the great goodies the girls were sent by Danny at Project 65 and tickets to The Forces Festival http://www.forcesfestival.com/ the girls are really excited about coming in May!! Thank you

Project 65 – The Veterans Charity was founded in 2008 to raise funds for the care and support of wounded armed forces veterans and their families.

There are hundreds of different issues faced by UK armed forces veterans and families of the armed forces community. Project 65 – The Veterans Charity focuses on raising money to help fund the vital care and support available for EVERY issue faced by those associated with forces life.

These issues include:

·         Treatment and rehabilitation following wounding or injury

·         Mental health

·         Illness

·         Financial support

·         Housing

·         Education

·         Employment

·         Bereavement counselling

·         Childcare

·         Mobility

·         Family welfare

Every pound raised by Project 65 – The Veterans Charity will make a difference to the amount of money we can provide for our chosen beneficiaries and will enable them to continue providing the vital care and support they give to individuals and families affected by injury or trauma as a result of service in the UK armed forces. These do not just include the current and recent conflicts in Iraq or Afghanistan but also Kosovo, Bosnia, Northern Ireland, The Falklands, Borneo, Aden, Korea and of course WWII.

More information about the charity and how you can help or get involved can be found at

www.project65.net

The girlies even got their Project 65 bands into the Daybreak VT...

The Little Trekkers on Daybreak 18/2/2011

We only got confirmation the day before...the next day we were to go onto the Daybreak sofa to talk about the girls' adventure!!! Our car was coming at 5.30am....

We had pre recorded a short piece with the Daybreak team a week or so previously...here's some pics of that day:

 

Friday 18th February...5.30am and our car came to get us...three VERY excited girls who had only managed  5 hours sleep the night before were now on the way to the big smoke....passing Big Ben and Buckingham Palace....6.20am we arrived and were taken to the green room (lots of pasteries awaited)

The whole team at Daybreak were so lovely and made us feel so welcome and Jason Manford was there too, he wore a Help for Heroes wristband for us and he was such a giggle!

Make up and hair done we had a chat with the producer as we went through how our section would take shape, mics on, a coffee and some fruit and we were ready to go...into the studio we went!

Christine and Dan couldn't have been more accommodating and so sensitive and interested to our situations and what we were doing and why...much appreciated in the circumstances...we all felt so at ease :-)

Check out the piece here:  http://www.itv.com/daybreak/lifestyle/familiesandparenting/mydadsasoldier/

We went back on the sofa at the end of the programme and we even managed a photo in the green room with the FA Cup and of course the lovely Christine and Dan.

A fantastic day for the girls' and the trek and  it all helps to open peoples eyes to our world a little bit...the life of a forces child isn't always easy but each and every one is a strong, independant proud child.

Check out http://www.homefrontforces.org/ and if you saw they piece and wanted to donate to the trek you can do so here http://www.bmycharity.com/mydaddyisasoldiertrek

The Little Trekkers and lots of trek fun!!! Channel 5 News

What a week was had for The Little Trekkers....Daybreak (which we will cover later) Channel 5 News and cbbc Newsround,the word about the trek is really getting round and this has helped donations in such a positive way...at the time of writing they have raised £2677.18 for Help for Heroes which is amazing!

Do see below the Channel 5 News piece...apologies for recording but this isn't available online!

The Little Trekkers have sleeping bags!!!!!

A huge thank you to all at Outdoor Kit http://www.outdoorkit.co.uk/ for the sleeping bags they donated, the girlies really will be so glad of these after a long days trek!! The Vango Winderness 350 is just what they needed...thanks again from The Little Trekkers xx

The Wilderness collection offer superior quality and styling. 

• Single-layer, stitch-through construction the insulation is held between the shell and lining fabrics
• Single-hole siliconised hollow fibre insulation reduces matting of filling, increasing durability and maximises lofting potential for extra warmth
• Independently tested temperature ratings independently measured in accordance with EN 13537:2002
• Polair shell highly durable polyester, tough and washable
• Polair TC lining extremely cosy, comfortable lining

 

More media for The Little Trekkers

The girlies are getting quiet a bit of media coverage, they love it and its had such a positive impact on what they are doing and why... the donations are up to £2,148 so far!!!

ITV1 London ran a lovely news piece http://www.itv.com/london/homefront-forces92155/ the girls had great fun filming this and the reporter was so lovely...HomeFront Forces also had people contact them about their site after the piece went out so all round...GOOD JOB DONE!

 

On the same day a local paper also came to take some pictures of the The Trekkers, the were very good at being told what to do!!! :-)

 4 weeks to go and counting, we really want to make £3,000.........

Trek T-Shirts

Thank you so much to all at Splash Logo http://www.splashlogo.co.uk/ for the amazing T-shirts they have provided for all the children and adults!!!

And thank you to a Little Trekker for modelling the t-shirt so well!!!!