{"id":2,"date":"2019-02-22T10:20:05","date_gmt":"2019-02-22T10:20:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.cranleigh.org\/nickschallenge\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2019-08-13T15:53:41","modified_gmt":"2019-08-13T14:53:41","slug":"why-nicks-doing-the-walk","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cranleigh.org\/nickschallenge\/why-nicks-doing-the-walk\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Nick&#8217;s doing the walk"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>As I reach my 75th birthday, I am planning to walk approximately 300 miles around the Cornish coastal path in aid of the Cranleigh Foundation. I shall start this adventure in April with a view to have completed the walk no later than the end of September.<\/p><cite>Nick Meyer<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Support from the wider Cranleigh community is vital for the continued success of the School and its pupils. The Foundation needs particularl help to fulfil its aims, which are two-fold:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>to finance bursaries to provide a Cranleigh education for Foundationer pupils, who have lost the support of one or both parents through exceptional or tragic circumstances and would benefit from the environment that Cranleigh can provide.<\/li><li>to build a substantial endowment to assist in the development of the School in the decades ahead. This is not a matter which can be achieved overnight but, I hope, we can build up the fund so that it can be of tangible assistance to the School in the future.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Foundation was set up in 2007 and since then there have been 10 children who have benefited from a Foundationer place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>My time at Cranleigh is simple to quantify: it has given me a future.<\/p><cite>Past Cranleigh Foundationer<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>The Foundation stepped in to help my daughter at what was a very difficult time in her life. She realises how lucky she is and that without their support, and the School&#8217;s, she would not have succeeded as she has done.<\/p><cite>Parent of Cranleigh Foundationer<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>As an Old Cranleighan and Chairman of the Trustees of the Cranleigh Foundation, this is a cause which is very dear to my heart and I hope that my determination will persuade you to join me in achieving this goal.<\/p><cite>Nick Meyer<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As I reach my 75th birthday, I am planning to walk approximately 300 miles around the Cornish coastal path in&hellip;<br \/><a class=\"pull-right read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.cranleigh.org\/nickschallenge\/why-nicks-doing-the-walk\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cranleigh.org\/nickschallenge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cranleigh.org\/nickschallenge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cranleigh.org\/nickschallenge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cranleigh.org\/nickschallenge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cranleigh.org\/nickschallenge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cranleigh.org\/nickschallenge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":456,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cranleigh.org\/nickschallenge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions\/456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cranleigh.org\/nickschallenge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}