Showing posts with label charity. Show all posts
Showing posts with label charity. Show all posts
Thursday, 18 September 2014
Friday, 1 August 2014
What can you expect at Just Geens Funday
Just Geens Funday is back this year, boys and girls.
Venue: Play on Sports, 100 Preston's Road, Wood Wharf Business Park, Wood Wharf, London E14 9SB
Time: 3:00pm – 8:00pm (Football tournament starts at 3pm PROMPT)
Activities on the day include:
5 a side football tournament
- Netball
- Relays
- Tug of war
- Egg & spoon race
- Potato sack race
- 3 legged race
- Fitness challenges (push ups, pull ups etc)
And much more….
So what’s different this year?
Well, we wanted to make the event more child-friendly this year, so kids are free up to the age of 11. A bouncy castle will also be provided by Little Kings Castle and candy floss and sweets will be provided by Candy-N-Pop. Don’t worry; it’s not just for the kids, so adults can get a good bounce too.
We’ve also added netball to the events list, for the ladies. There is no need to enter a team beforehand. Just arrive on the day in your training gear and teams will be selected then.
In terms of prizes and giveaways, we have a lot more to offer this year. Not only will the football tournament winners get a trophy and medals, but Nike has kindly provided us with a few gifts to giveaway. The winning team members will also get tickets to watch a London Lions basketball match. The most valuable player (MVP) will get a free football t-shirt and a gift voucher worth £150. Thank you Nike!!!
Ladies, we haven’t forgotten about you either. Honey Hand salon has offered one of our lucky event winners a free weave installation. Their weave installations start from £60, so this is definitely a prize not to miss out on.
My favourite restaurant in the whole wide world, Leon Restaurant, has provided us with several meal vouchers, which will be part of the raffle prizes and also awarded to winners of events on the day. If you’ve never heard of Leon Restaurant before, you should definitely check it out. It is a fast food restaurant that serves healthy food that tastes good.
Speaking of food, I have also decided to enter a free week’s meal prep into the raffle. My Meal preps start from £75; so again, this is definitely not a prize to be missed.
Drinks have been provided by Chi Coconut Water, Pure Bliss Cleanse and Fruvejuwhich should keep all participants hydrated during their events and all spectators hydrated during their cheering session. Remember, you don’t have to participate in the events. You can just spectate, eat some good food and have a good time.
This year, Bespoke Bites has promised us a wide selection of baked goodies, such as vegan, protein and gluten free cupcakes. We should also have some guilt free pleasures from Metcalfe's Skinny range.
Just like last year, food will be provided by Just Geens Kitchen, which means it will mainly be healthy but delicious. Unfortunately, food is not free this year. Food tokens will be available for purchase on the day. There will be a mixture of foods from jerk chicken, burgers, hot dogs, sweet potato wedges, grilled plantain, quinao salad, potato salad, coleslaw, salad, prawn skewers, corn on the cob and maybe even my famous plantain lasagne. The food will cater to all- carnivores, pesceterians, vegetarians and vegans, so there will be something for everyone.
You can definitely expect to hear DJ Neptizzle and DJ Jammy D on the decks again. Photography will be taken by Samuel Falusi and video recording by Photoboy.
This is just some of the amazing things you can expect this year. Obviously, I can’t tell you everything, otherwise you won’t come lol.
So don’t miss out on the Fun Day of the year. To register your football team, please email thepeoplescup@outlook.com. To purchase your tickets please call07565723515 or go tohttp://shoobs.com/events/4183/just-geen-s-funday-2.
G
Friday, 6 September 2013
Thursday, 15 August 2013
11 August 2013-Just Geens Funday
Sunday 11th August 2013 will always be a special day for me, why? Well, it’s the day I actually saw the fruits of my labour. I teamed up with my good friend Christopher and put on an event called ‘Just Geens Funday’.
The reason for the event? Well, my fitness journey had been going strong for over a year and I wanted to do something that would bring everyone together and show them that being active isn’t boring and strenuous, its actually quite fun. So I thought what better way to do it than a fun day.
To my surprise the day was such a success. So many things tried to go wrong at the last minute, but thanks to my brilliant team of friends and family, everything worked out in the end.
For those of you who didn’t come all I can say is, you missed out on a wicked day. We had DJ Neptizzle and DJ Jammy D on the ones and twos and photography taken by Samuel Falusi.
On the day we had a mixture of activities from a football tournament to different types of races, table tennis, an azonto fitness aerobics class and tug of war.
The football tournament was so intense it was like watching the championship league. It was that intense that several people left injured lol (you guys take football too serious).
The food was delicious. The BBQ menu was a mixture of foods from chicken, burgers, hot dogs, sweet potato wedges, grilled plantain, quinao salad, potato salad, coleslaw, salad, prawn skewers, corn on the cob and fruit salad. I was worried that a lot of people would be disappointed as there wasn’t any rice but I guess the substitutes made up for it lol. Despite the long queue, for the BBQ I think everything went quite well.
We also had some brilliant cakes made by Cakes By Kels…all cake lovers need to try her red velvet cheese cake- its to die for!!!
The Azonto Fitness aerobics session was a breath of fresh air. The session was about 15 minutes long and was taken by KwaksAzontoFitness. Azonto fitness is basically body movements from the Azonto Dance which originated from Ghana
During the run up to the event, one of the problems I found was encouraging girls to come on the day. I know a lot of females thought it was going to be an instagram showdown, name and shame fitness level kinda of event, but it was far from that. The girls got so involved that they even managed to beat the guys SEVERAL TIMES at tug of war. We even had certain guys switching teams because the girls were so good.
It was all a beautiful experience and I am really overwhelmed with the positive feedback I’ve received from the event!
The weird thing is, when I started my fitness journey it was all about me me me! I was not doing it to benefit anyone else and it was all about my personal gain. I was just a girl who liked posting gym pictures on instagram, but I soon came to realise that I was beginning to inspire those around me without even realising it.
So much has happened within the last year and all I can do is give all the glory and thanks to God. As Proverbs 19:21 says “Many are the plans in a person's heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails”. If anyone was to ask me a couple of years ago if I’d be a fitness enthusiast, organising fitness charity events I would have laughed…but several years later I’m here now on a journey I never thought I would be on, doing what I think the Lord has purposed me to do.
It just goes to show that it’s never too late to do anything you want as long as you put your mind to it.
I would like to thank all those who came and those that couldn’t come but still showed support, it really means a lot to me. Thank you for embarking on this journey with me and I promise to keep working hard to bring you something bigger and better next year.
G
Wednesday, 17 July 2013
Just Geens Fun Day
Hi guys, as you all know I’ve been on this fitness journey for over a year now and to celebrate I’ve teamed up with my good friend Verlonge and present to you…
Just Geen’s Fun day (supporting the British heart foundation)
Date: 11th of August
Venue: Play on Sports, 100 Preston's Road, Wood Wharf Business Park , Wood Wharf , London
Time: 2:00 – 7pm (Football tournament starts at 2:30)
Activities on the day include:
-7 a-side football tournament
-fitness challenges (squats & push ups)
-dodge ball
-egg & spoon race
-3 legged race
-relay race
-tug of war
…and much more including free prizes and giveaways
THIS IS A TICKET ONLY EVENT
Tickets are priced at £10 whether you’re participating or not and this comes with free food.
The football tournament is £10 per player which also includes free food-those involved in the football tournament do not need to buy an additional ticket. Teams can consist of up to 10 players and teams must register before the event to participate. Please note: No studs or moulds. Astroturfs and trainers ONLY.
Music on the day will be played by Neptizzle and Jammy D.
For general enquiries, please call 07565723515 or 07903456371
For tickets, please call:
-South/West London
-East London /Essex : 07565723515 or 07867334274
-North London
To enter the football tournament please email: Thepeoplescup@outlook.com or call 07903456371
More details of the event can be found at:
Facebook: Verlonge
Twitter: Just_Geen
Instagram: just_Gina1
Come and support a good cause and I hope to see you there x
G
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