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This is my 2nd
year sweating

I’m sweating for life-changing Rainbow support services

I raised $1,041
last year

Why I’m Sweating with Pride

I'm taking on Sweat with Pride again this June! πŸ’¦πŸŒˆ

The support that these organisations provide to our community is so important, and I'm here once again to do my part to help make sure that kaupapa can continue.Β 

It's tough out there right now, and the queer community is disproportionately impacted β€” particularly rangatahi and tamariki, and particularly trans and takatāpui whānau β€” making your support more crucial than ever.Β 


This cause is very dear to my heart, and I believe that finding our light and coming together to look after one another is so important. Our love and solidarity can beat the hate. πŸ’– 🌈 

And why not have some fun and get some exercise doing it?! ✨ πŸ’¦Β 

My goal is to beat my total last year of $1,041 raised, and I'm shooting for 60+ minutes of moderate-high intensity exercise every day in June. I'd love it so much if you could consider helping me get there. 🫢🏻 

Thank you so much for your all support. πŸ₯°Β 


Ps. I'm doing this without the aid of being on Facebook this time around, so anything you can do to share and signal boost is so so appreciated 🫰🏻 

My Fundraising

Impact

Achieved
In Progress

$100

Provides vital resources to support Rainbow communities

Achieved
In Progress

$300

Free, confidential mental health support for Rainbow Kiwis

Achieved
In Progress

$500

Ensures more people can access life-changing health services without cost barriers

Achieved
In Progress

$1,000

Fund an educational workshop to create safer, more inclusive spaces

Achieved
In Progress

$2,500

Provides a full day of community outreach, to improve wellbeing and reduce stigma on a large scale

πŸ’– I’m $1,205 away from my next impact milestone. Will you help me reach it?

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Track My

Sweat

I’m sweating with Wanda

My sweat goal was 60 minutes per day inΒ June

1,911 minutes completed
1,800 minutes goal

Stats reflect challenge period (1–30 June) only

My Fundraising

Ranking

I’m #50 out of 4,091 Sweaty Bettys

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Erin Church

Raised

$1,295

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My Blog

Updates

End of the road

Monday 29 June 2026
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This month I've spent 1911 minutes (that's 31.85 hours) sweating; walking 100 kms, cycled 234, planted a whole bunch of trees (unfortunately I didn't count those), and raised $1250, smashing my original goal of 1050 which was already more than I raised last year. And I couldn't have done it without the support of all of you! So thanks so much to everyone who has supported me in this, whether in helping me get around, liking and sharing posts, or donating. 🫢🏻 But we can still do more! The challenge runs until midnight tomorrow, though I do plan on doing an extra day on Wednesday to make up for missing the 1st of June. In the meantime, there will be another Dollar Match Day, tomorrow from 8am! If you've been meaning to donate and haven't gotten around to it for whatever reason, that will be the time. That's 13 hours from now, for those not in NZ. Remember that as before, it's important to get in quick, as the matching fund is not unlimited and once it's gone it's over. Our team, Glittering Green Gains, are currently sitting at second on the friends and family fundraising leaderboard, with $3918 out of our $5000 goal. I would love and do appreciate it if we were able to smash that! You don't even need to donate to me specifically, any of my wonderful teammates would I'm sure also appreciate donations, especially those who haven't reached their goals yet. You can find them on the team page linked on my profile. Thanks so much, again, to everyone who has supported me in this. Appreciate you all. πŸ₯°πŸ’›

It's been over two weeks already!

Wednesday 17 June 2026
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I was planning on doing these updates weekly, but c'est la vie. I've now: * Biked 157.69km πŸš΄β€β™€οΈ * Walked 55.27km πŸšΆβ€β™€οΈ * Helped organise a protest against the gender definition bill, that was fun! Thanks everyone who came out and showed your support! 🫰🏻 (pic related, is me speaking over the weekend) * Logged 1145 minutes of sweat! πŸ’¦ * Raised $775 for life-changing rainbow support services πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ * Still no blisters babeyy 😎 Thank you so much to all my donors, I couldn't do this without all of your support. It means so much and I'm proud of what we've been able to achieve so far, and our solidarity is so important at times like this. We can beat the hate. No particular call to action here, but if you think all this work and all these hours is worth something, I'd really a appreciate if you'd be willing to chip in just a little, whatever you think that you can afford. Thanks so much. ~Arohanui, Erin. πŸ’–

One week down, three to go!

Monday 8 June 2026
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It's been a week, and so far I've:
* Biked 77.12km πŸš΄β€β™€οΈ
* Walked 23.54km πŸšΆβ€β™€οΈ
* Logged 496 minutes of sweat! πŸ’¦
* Raised $543 for life-changing rainbow support services πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ
* Managed to avoid getting any blisters 😎
Thank you so much to all my donors, I couldn't do this without all of your support. It means so much and I'm proud of what we've been able to achieve so far.
I have one more thing to ask of you.

Tomorrow is double dollar day, when all donations will be doubled from 8am until whenever the pot runs out - when it's gone it's gone. I hope that you'll consider sharing and boosting this post to help me to reach as many people as possible to make the most of it! I've been working really hard on this and I hope that you'll consider my effort and sweat worth a small donation, however much you can afford.

But remember, you have to get in early!

~Arohanui, Erin. πŸ’–

My Team

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Raised so far:

$4,003

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Raised $1,249 of $1,000 goal

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Raised $1,264 of $1,000 goal

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Raised $1,295 of $1,050 goal

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Raised $30 of $500 goal

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Raised $43 of $1,000 goal

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Raised $23 of $100 goal

My Generous

Sponsors

$174

Evie Brinkman

Wishing you all the best and good luck this year!

$123

Mum & Dad

Go Erin go!! Love mum & dad xxxx

$100

Supporters of Burnett Foundation Aotearoa

Keep on sweating! Arohanui to supporters of Burnett Foundation

$100

GreatGoods

Awesome effort Erin!! πŸ₯°

$100

Gaia

Go Erin!!

$87

Evelyn Brinkman

Keep going hard!! Great to see all the progress this year!!

$80

Supporters of Burnett Foundation Aotearoa

Keep on sweating! Arohanui to supporters of Burnett Foundation

$80

Heuradys D’ath

Finish out June strong!

$50

Anonymous

$50

Mae M

Keep up the great work!!! :pugdance:

$50

Louise Hutt

πŸ’ͺ 🏳️‍⚧️

$50

Sweaty Besties

Keep on sweating! Arohanui, 2degrees, AA Insurance, ASB, and Auckland Council.

$46

Heuradys D’ath

I’m vegan

$30

Erin Church

$25

Miriam

You're awesome, Erin! Go the glittering Greens! πŸ’š

$25

Kylie

Smashing it! <3 <3 <3

$25

Hazel

Go Erin! We can do this!

$25

Julia Knowles

Really cool you're doing this.

$20

Stephanie Hope

$15

Hazel S

$10

Sweaty Besties

Keep on sweating! Arohanui, 2degrees, AA Insurance, ASB, and Auckland Council.

$10

Camelot Carty-Melis

$10

Alex WP

You got this πŸ’ͺπŸ’ͺπŸ’ͺ

$10

Comrade Seitan

im vegan

Most people donate $50

Please give what you can.

I’d love to hear more from Sweat with Pride