To mark my 300th volunteering hour... read on and find out what I will be doing

As you know, over the last month or so I have been aiming to reach 300 hours of volunteering. I am currently on 296 and will hopefully reach the target by Monday 10th March. To mark the occasion, in a week that I am really looking forward to, I will start a challenge to reach 300 miles walking, running or cycling over the next 150 days (starting on the 10th). If you have been reading my other blogs, I think you will know what I meant about the week I am looking forward to but for those who haven't, it is the week where there is not only the final Team V Residential but also the Vibe Awards, in which my girlfriend and volunteer has won an award. I will cover that more next week.

Back to the subject of my challenge, given it is to mark my 300th volunteering hour, I will be doing this challenge in aid of vInspired and yes, you guessed it, will be aiming to raise a pound for every hour I have done to that date. vInspired, both through Team V, other volunteering and their various programs, give young people in the UK such valuable opportunities to make a change and gain experience that many employers are looking for these days. This is why I think that it is a great charity to raise money for and when I get the sponsor page up and running, I'm hoping some of you might sponsor me. My target is to raise £300 and you can kind of work out why. 

In 2012, I set myself the challenge of doing 2012 miles in 2012 which was a challenge that many were doing, however, I didn't reach it. I may have raised money but I didn't reach it. The fact is, it was unrealistic but I think that doing 300 miles in 150 days is a much more realistic target. Who knows? I might reach it before the 150 days ends (on August 6th 2014). That would be a great achievement and I would be happy to have raised some money for a charity that I care about and has given me so much over the last few years. It's the least I could do to give something back. 

I bet, at the moment, you are thinking that this challenge will be easy, however, the likelihood is that I won't meet targets every day and this will make it harder but also enough of a challenge to raise some decent money. Plus, hopefully I should have plenty of support. Unfortunately, I cannot take offline donations but I will post the link to my page on Monday and you can sponsor me that way. 

Overall, I think that it will be good to give something back but also it will be interesting to see how I do in my challenge. If you would like to track my progress, I will also post that page up when I have it running (on the other hand, should that be running, cycling and walking). I hope you will support me and please keep checking back for an update on how I am doing.