Kunal Patel organised his own rollerblading challenge to help raise funds for the St Luke's Hospice. Patel from Harrow skated from London to Brighton and back again. He started this 114 mile challenge from Thursday 30th April- Friday 1st May 2015 and has raised over £6200.
On speaking about why he chose to get involved with St Luke's Hospice, Kunal Patel expressed, “It’s difficult to pinpoint the exact time I became involved with St Luke’s as my mother had always supported the hospice since I was a boy. She brought me up to understand that St Luke’s plays an important role in our community in helping others. The hospice means a lot to me; the time has come for me to get involved and put my efforts into supporting the Hospice.”
Kunal Patel also encourages people to get involved in organising events or challenges to raise funds for the hospice. He said, “You can’t go wrong with the ‘go for it’ principle. If you want to raise funds there are many ways to go about it and the right way will come to you. There is no harm in either trying something different or asking for support. You will not know the result unless you try.”
He feels extremely grateful for the support he has received. "I could not have done it without everyone’s support, friends, family, St Luke’s Hospice and my sponsors Lions Club of Sudbury whom have made huge efforts in helping raise funds. The amount of positive energy that everyone gave was really motivating and encouraging for myself on skates and the team on cycles. I would like to thank everyone from the bottom of my heart whom made this challenge possible and I would like to give a special thanks to my team mates, Ricky Diaghe, Deborah Guisado , Andrew Contreras and Oliver Francis. The team was by my side the entire journey through ups and down, twists and turns, death defying roads and painful moments."
Kunal Patel will continue to raise money for St Luke’s over the next month. You can still support him by visiting http://bit.ly/1BzVU3G. If you would like to organise your own event or challenge to raise funds for St Luke's Hospice, please visit www.stlukes-hospice.org/myevent or call 020 8382 8023.
