Please Sponsor Me!

Sundae · 06-25-2012, 01:40 PM

I know everyone is feeling the pinch, so let me start off by saying that if you cannot spare any money then a message of support in this thread would be lovely.

Mum and I are doing the Gemstone Midnight Walk on behalf of the Florence Nightingale Hospice in Aylesbury. It's a six mile walk that begins - surprise! - at midnight. Given Mum's walking pace we will still be walking when the sun comes up, but this is not a race. It's the sort of occasion people dress up for - in pink - so for once I will not be the most arresting person there. Still, I am going to spray pink streaks into our hair, I will have a pink top hat (fascinator) and Mum will have bunny ears. We even get breakfast at the end of it

although I appreciate it will be more of a croissant-in-a-bag affair. We'll have to get Dad to drive us home past McD's...

This is a big event locally - nearly as big as the Race For Life (Mum has also done that). People open up their houses to provide toilet facilities, roads are closed, people get out of their beds to cheer the walkers on. It benefits a number of different local hospices, although in our minds we are walking specifically for the hospice Mum's friend Breda died in.

Mum is already going great guns on sponsorship, she has friends and rellies near and far. Me, I've only just set up my JustGiving page and am now worried about the fact I am supposed to raise £100! I'm not in competition with her, as we both know she will raise more - I just want to meet my target.

I will be posting photos afterwards of course.
Possibly just close up photos of hot sweaty faces, given it wil be dark.

Anyone who would like to donate please follow the link to here. That's a link to my JustGiving page. This is the official blurb:

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Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving – they’ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they’ll send your money directly to the charity and make sure Gift Aid is reclaimed on every eligible donation by a UK taxpayer. So it’s the most efficient way to donate - I raise more, whilst saving time and cutting costs for the charity.

Note - you can PM me for my PayPal details if you'd rather. I have a paper sponsorship form too and I swear most solemnly that every penny received will be properly transferred.

Thank you in advance, lovely people.

DanaC · 06-25-2012, 03:31 PM

Well done both! What a great thing to do.

I've donated. It's a brilliant system. Very user friendly, I've donated through them before when other friends have been doing stuff.

Sundae · 06-26-2012, 01:36 PM

Thank you and thanks to my other Dwellar sponsor.
I'm already up to £100 = halfway there

lumberjim · 06-26-2012, 03:14 PM

joogaddi maing

limey · 06-26-2012, 04:38 PM

I can see it, Jim.

lumberjim · 06-26-2012, 04:57 PM

well, you're a cunning linguist.

DanaC · 06-26-2012, 04:58 PM

I still dont get it.

lumberjim · 06-26-2012, 05:02 PM

say it out loud in a mexican accent

DanaC · 06-26-2012, 05:15 PM

The first bit: you got ?....but after that I'm still baffled.

Pico and ME · 06-26-2012, 05:21 PM

Damn, for a while I could only hear it in Italian, but when I thought of an Italian saying it I only heard Al Pacino. Now, I got it, man.

lumberjim · 06-26-2012, 05:30 PM

yes, you do got it.....maing

DanaC · 06-26-2012, 05:42 PM

man? ohhh

Sundae · 06-27-2012, 02:02 AM

Thanks for additional donations!
Previous post (by me) implied I had £100 and was halfway there. In fact I had £50.
I now have £91 and promises. I am delighted, as will the charity be.

Mum has £138 already, with many more promises, which means between us I expect we will get £300. Which is brilliant, as Mum baulked originally, expecting to raise about £10. We've already paid a sign-up fee, so that the organisation does not cost the charities.

Every pound (dollar) is useful.

Sheldonrs · 06-27-2012, 11:34 AM

I wish I could help but my Dentist currently owns my soul.
But good luck to you and your Mom! I see you passed your goal!

Congrats!

SamIam · 06-27-2012, 02:27 PM

I can only offer my best wishes since I have been laid off from the Bates. But you go, girl!

06-26-2012, 01:36 PM	#3
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Thank you and thanks to my other Dwellar sponsor. I'm already up to £100 = halfway there __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

06-26-2012, 03:14 PM	#4
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	joogaddi maing __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

06-26-2012, 04:38 PM	#5
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	I can see it, Jim. __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

06-26-2012, 04:57 PM	#6
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	well, you're a cunning linguist. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

06-26-2012, 05:02 PM	#8
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	say it out loud in a mexican accent __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

06-26-2012, 05:21 PM	#10
Pico and ME Are you knock-kneed? Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Middle Hoosierland Posts: 3,549	Damn, for a while I could only hear it in Italian, but when I thought of an Italian saying it I only heard Al Pacino. Now, I got it, man. __________________ Jesse LaGreca in 2012 “Seven Deadly Sins: Wealth without work, Pleasure without conscience, Science without humanity, Knowledge without character, Politics without principle, Commerce without morality, Worship without sacrifice.” – Mahatma Gandhi Last edited by Pico and ME; 06-26-2012 at 05:56 PM.

06-26-2012, 05:30 PM	#11
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	yes, you do got it.....maing __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

06-27-2012, 02:02 AM	#13
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Thanks for additional donations! Previous post (by me) implied I had £100 and was halfway there. In fact I had £50. I now have £91 and promises. I am delighted, as will the charity be. Mum has £138 already, with many more promises, which means between us I expect we will get £300. Which is brilliant, as Mum baulked originally, expecting to raise about £10. We've already paid a sign-up fee, so that the organisation does not cost the charities. Every pound (dollar) is useful. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

06-27-2012, 11:34 AM	#14
Sheldonrs Master Dwellar Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 4,412	I wish I could help but my Dentist currently owns my soul. But good luck to you and your Mom! I see you passed your goal! Congrats! __________________ Laugh and the world laughs with you; cry and the world laughs AT you.

06-27-2012, 02:27 PM	#15
SamIam Registered User Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Not here Posts: 2,655	I can only offer my best wishes since I have been laid off from the Bates. But you go, girl!

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