Holy guacamole, we are eight days away from Sweat with Pride (I'm making it an 8 week challenge so starting in May) and you amazing humans have already donated $800 of my $1000 fundraising goal!!!
That's $800 toward projects that provide essential physical, mental and sexual health services for Rainbow* New Zealanders. If you've donated, I hope you gave yourself a hug and felt super proud of yourself for doing such a good thing - if you haven't donated, there's still time to do a good thing!
In fact, if someone donates $11.50 for each day of my 8 week challenge, we'll raise $1500! Crazy!
Thank you to everyone who has donated so far, and don't forget - if you donate over $60 you get to choose an exercise or fitness challenge for me to complete during Sweat with Pride: so if you want to giggle while I run into a cold ocean, do the macarena for 5 minutes, hold a plank for a silly long time, or anything else, hit that donate button!
This is my first year sweating
I’m sweating to fight for equality, one sweaty session at a time!
Why I’m Sweating with Pride
I'm challenging myself to Sweat with Pride this June (and May, because go hard or go home right?) 💦🌈
That's right, me and the couch are breaking up.
I'm even upping the daily exercise goal from 21 minutes to 42 minutes, for May AND June. That's twice the exercise, for twice as many days.
Why you ask? (I'm asking myself that too 😅)
Because right now, schools, workplaces, and even doctors’ offices aren’t safe for many in our beautiful rainbow community—and it’s putting lives at risk. LGBTQIA+ Kiwis face higher rates of mental illness, suicide, and STIs like syphilis, mpox, and HIV.
So, I'm fighting discrimination with perspiration to raise money for life-changing Rainbow support services - and I need your help! Twice the exercise for twice as long means twice the motivation for you to donate, because I'll need all the motivation I can get.
(If you donate enough I'll even let you set workout challenges for me, because you deserve some entertainment in return for your good deed).
This cause means the world to me and my community, and I’d be SO grateful if you could chip in to help me reach my $1000 goal. Every dollar makes a difference, and you get to feel like a super cool awesome person (it's also tax deductible).
Thank you so much for your support! ❤️
PS: Please keep your donation comments PG13, they show up on my work team's page xx
My Fundraising
Impact
$100
Provides vital resources to support Rainbow communities
$300
Free, confidential mental health support for Rainbow Kiwis
$500
Ensures more people can access life-changing health services without cost barriers
$1,000
Fund an educational workshop to create safer, more inclusive spaces
$2,500
Provides a full day of community outreach, to improve wellbeing and reduce stigma on a large scale
💖 I’m $180 away from my next impact milestone. Will you help me reach it?
Track My
Sweat
I’m sweating for 42 minutes per day this June!
My Fundraising
Ranking
I’m #3 out of 3,141 Sweaty Bettys
Jaimee Beck
Raised
$820
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My Generous
Sponsors
$148
Mum and Mark
$100
Eamon & Anthea
Go Aunty Jaimee!
$69
Auckland Shibari Studio - Kaspian
Loved the comment of how you "roped" in your workmates for this! Fitness challenge is to use a shibari rope to do 150 "skips"
$69
Theo
Proud of you boo, here for the hard days and the fun days alike xx
$68
Tyler Brown-Ortiz
$50
Nick
Such a boss
$50
Maddy Hansen
Awesome stuff Jaimee!
$50
Nick Betts
Go kick ass and help those suffering injustice in this world.
$50
Hannah Tasker-Poland
Mana wahine! 💪🌈
$46
Jess Perez
Love what you are doing❤️
$40
Jaimee Beck
$40
Mama K
So proud of you my wonderful friend! 🩷 Absolutely smashing it and changing lives in the process 🥹🫶
$20
Bridgette Smith
$20
Aisling
Get it girl 🫶🌈👏
Proud of you baby girl