Marathon uphill challenge Ardrishaig fundraiser answers charity plea to bridge cash gap
Ardrishaig woman Ruth Carruthers is facing an uphill challenge.
She is raising money for WaterAid to help provide clean water to people around the world.
And Ruth is doing it uphill. And downhill, then uphill... you get the drift.
As part of the 2.6 Challenge, she has been walking since April 26 from her house up a steep hill to the water treatment plant above Ardrishaig and back to her outside tap at the back door, in less than 26 minutes, every day for 26 days.
And, in a nice twist of fate, the plant sits about 260 feet above sea level.
Challenge
The 2.6 Challenge is a response by charities in the UK to the loss of income they experienced after this year’s London Marathon was cancelled due to coronavirus.
The idea is to encourage lots of small individual challenges based in some way round the number 26 – matching the miles in a marathon.
Setting up a Just Giving page, Ruth set a target of £260 which was quickly smashed, so this was raised to £785 – £1 for every one million people who have no access to clean water.
Earlier this week she had gone past her revised target and reached £1,067 – but your support would be greatly appreciated.
Donate
Ruth explained: ‘If you’d like to donate to support WaterAid that would be great. It may be just a drop in the ocean, but it will help create a flow of clean water to people who need it just as much as we do. The simplest way to donate if you have access to the internet is to search for Just Giving, then type Ruth Carruthers into the search box.
‘If you aren’t able to donate online, please contact me on 01546 603269 and we can speak about other ways to make your donation.
‘Thank you so much for taking the time to help WaterAid.’
Ruth joked: ‘And if I manage to shed 2.6 kgs while doing this 2.6 Challenge, that will be a bonus!’