It’s funny, nowadays whenever I find myself driving for long distances I’m almost always daydreaming that I am speeding down the autobahn in Germany, or on my way to the Czechout party in Prague. I haven’t even participated in the rally and yet it’s already changed the way I think in my day to day life. Only 209 days to go and I’m not entirely sure I can stand to wait that long.
Not all news is good news however, and tragedy has struck in the department of charitable donations. We WERE donating to Mercy Corps Canada through Canadahelps.org but it turns out that the Canadian branch of Mercy Corps has voluntarily revoked their charitable status and the $475 we have currently raised must be re-distributed to a Canadian charity that our current donors approve of. The problem? I do not think the Mongol Rally’s other charity options have Canadian branches (and even if they did the charity itself would need to approve of being affiliated with the Rally) and where we choose to have the money re-donated to MUST be Canadian, so our fund raising efforts up to this point may be for naught. The Great Canadian Beavers are currently in touch with Canadahelps.org, Mercy Corps and The Adventurists in hopes of resolving this rather major kink in our efforts. Worst case scenario I think we’re hoping the money we’ve raised so far can be re-distributed to another charity even if it’s not affiliated with the Mongol Rally, and that our fund raising efforts from that point on will be for another official charity. I am told the Adventurists are currently enjoying Mince pies until January fourth however, and must therefore be patient in awaiting a response.
I suppose this all boils down to good practice; after all, it wouldn’t be an adventure if everything went smoothly in the days leading up to the crazy Rally now would it?
