To take part in the challenge is very easy!

1. Make sure you have joined the FB group
2. Create your fundraiser to log your Squats

Once you have those done, just keep doing your squats throughout the month and make sure to keep your family, friends and supporters up to date with your progress.

If you have filled in the form to register for your welcome pack you will receive a email from us shortly afterwards confirming your registration (please note it may be longer over the weekends).

To make sure you have created your fundraiser click HERE and you will see your fundraiser here.

In your welcome pack, you will get a letter from us, your Challenge T-Shirt and your Squats tracker. Sponsorship cards are only added if requested.

No, you can spread the Squats across the month and just do as many as you can. Some days you will do more than others. You can only do your best!

You will find the handy tracker in your pack that you can fill in and post pictures of it. You can also use any app of your choice, or just a handy pen and paper! Whatever suits you best, as long as you post this to your fundraiser clearly!

We also encourage people to post to the Facebook group, but note we cannot use the group to track steps.

As part of the challenge registration, you will be asked to setup a Facebook fundraiser, here is where you can post your progress and any updates. These pages are linked to us and we will be able to check this for your progress. Please note this is the ONLY way we can check your Steps, we cannot use the group.

Yes of course, 3,000 Squats will be a challenge for some but not everyone! If you feel you want to challenge yourself to do more you are more than welcome to do so, but we will only be tracking the 3,000! Please remember to only do what you can and do not over stretch yourself.

After you register using the link on the Facebook Group, you will get your pack in the post shortly afterwards. We send these in bulk, so your registration date will not be the same as the postage date. Please note there are also delays with an Post so post may take longer than normal.

No there is no minimum needed to be raised in the Squats challenge. We ask that you raise as much as possible to make sure the challenge can support as many patients in the Mercy as possible.

So for us to be able to track your progress we use FB fundraisers. If you do not want to share your fundraiser with your family and friends, you can just use it to track your Steps and make a donation yourself to your fundraiser. If you are not creating a fundraiser you will need to reach out to us at challenges@mercyhospitalfoundation.ie.

To edit your fundraise, just open it up (you can find your fundraiser HERE) and click the 'edit' button on your cover if you are on a laptop, or the 'Edit' button at the top of your fundraiser under your profile picture if you are on a mobile.

Unfortunately, Facebook does not allow people to donate without a Facebook page. They can transfer the funds directly to you and you can donate on their behalf, or if you like you can create another fundraiser using iDonate for your non Facebook Friends. Please note that only Facebook Fundraisers are being used to track Steps.

If you have set up your fundraiser using the links in our Facebook group, it won't end until the 15th of July, if you have manually created it, it ends 2 weeks after your creation date unless you change it. If it has ended, you cannot re-open it so you just need to create a new fundraiser and let us know so we can see where you are posting your steps.

Of course, you can requestion one either on the FB group or by emailing challenges@mercyhospitalfoundation.ie. Please note if you request a sponsor card you must return it even if you do not use it.

Of course, we are delighted to have more people join the team, just guide them to find the links in the Announcement section of the fundraising group just like you did and once they register we can send them their Welcome Pack.

It is never a problem if you cannot finish the challenge, we appreciate all the efforts you made so far, and any funds raised will still go to helping the patients in the Mercy during their Cancer journey. You can keep your t-shirt and tracker, but please return any sponsor cards (empty or with funds) to the Foundation.

Please report any issues within the group to a member of Admin immediately, we will work with you to find a solution. Please note we do not recommend you meet or contact others outside the group as we cannot intervene in these situations. 

If you have anything you would like to pass onto the Admins of the group you can post in the Facebook group – if suitable. Otherwise, you can pop us an email on challenges@mercyhospitalfoundation.ie

There are a few ways you can return your funds to us raised on a sponsorship card:

1. Online - use your facebook fundraiser or the https://www.mercyhospitalfoundation.ie/
2. Post - send a cheque to us at the Mercy University Hospital Foundation office at 4 Washington Street West, T12 CVH2.

While our offices are open again due to restrict the number of people in the office you can now return your sponsorship card by:

1. Return the sponsorship card to us by post (even if you did not use it).
2. You can also post 2 pictures on your fundraiser. The first picture of your card with the donation lines and names on it.  The second picture is of the card ripped up afterwards, making sure to have the card number showing.