Charity work/fundraising

[Nix]

hey
ok nice chatting in here please... lots of respect and rule keeping in this thread thanks!!

ok as my siggie says this year i am doing a run(hehe maybe a fast walk) to help raise money for cancer research in memory of my mum who passed last year. i also support nspcc.

what do you support if any?
why?
have you been actively involved in money raising?

 

[ILLYRIAN]

I used to have cancer, two slow growing brain tumours. But its all gone now.
I did four years of fundraising for a childrens hospital in Perth WA. It was known as Bluey Day, run by the emergency services in Australia.

 

[Edmund Blackadder]

Ha, nice timing.

In a few days I was going to open a thread because of
www.justgiving.com/alisterjcooling

I'm running a 10k in London in July for Operation Smile UK

go to that link and read a bit more

 

[white avenger]

I have been making a payroll deduction contribution to the Long Beach Center For cancer Research in Long Beach, Calif. for the last 20 years. They are one of, if not the most advanced cancer research facility in the United States. Also, ur studio gives two yearly tournaments whose profits go to the American Cancer Society, as well as an anual "break-a-thon," where our students collect pledges for the number of boards broken in a Tae Kwon Do demonstration.

 

[November]

I am actively involved with Riding for the Disabled in WA. I am currently training to be an instructor. I don't have money to spare so I volunteer my time. I live on the property and care for the ponies daily and have been educating a few so that they will be suitable for use by disabled riders. I didn't know much about the disabilities but I am learning so much every day. I started RDA for selfish reasons - I wanted to get back into horses and a close friend of mine recommended it. I grew to love the kids and the ponies and the joy you get from it is indescribable. We have had children who have never smiled in their lives, but giggled the first time they sat on a pony. Kids who are immobile except for the days they come to horse riding. Many of our clients are non verbal, yet a few have learned to say "horsey" or the name of their favorite pony. Some of our clients don't have long to live and riding is one of the few activities they are still able to do. I focus more on intellectual and developmental disabilities but some WA riders will be competing in the upcoming paralympics.

Most children are from the hospital mentioned in Illyrians post above. It is our only specialist children's hospital for the whole of WA. I used to go to the high school next door to PMH and over the years I was there we raised well over $10 000 plus we brought a new machine of some sort, there is a plaque in there some where.

Please remember that money isn't the only thing that charities need. Of course it is vital, but so are the people that organise and run these events like Bluey day and Relay for life etc. We couldn't run at RDA without our volleys.

 

[caitaintdead]

I wanted to do the great shave this year (where you raise money for cancer by shaving all your hair off) but my boyfriend wouldn't let me. Maybe next year when we've been together a little bit longer. At my housemates work (for those of you in Perth - Illyrian! - Black Betty's) a girl shaved her hair off on stage and apparantly made a huge amount of money for it... But was then spotted outside smoking. Seemed a bit of a contradiction I must say!

 

[Lyri]

I'm going to Zipline across River Lagan in June for MacMillan Cancer Support. River Lagan is the biggest river in Belfast, and the surrounding area, and I'm going to Zipline from one side to the other. No idea how wide it is, as of yet, but me and my friend are really looking forward to doing it.

MacMillan is the main charity of the company I work for, so rising money for them is like a really big deal for us. I can't wait to do this.

 

[Kean]

I'm constantly involved in youth work, training kids to be leaders and stuff like that, but also I help raise money to send the sick to Lourdes, it's a small town in the South of France where Our Lady is said to have appeared to a young girl 250 years ago. Thousands pilgrim there every year, I was there 3 years ago working in the hospital as a helper to the nurses and doctors. It's an amazing experience and what is even more amazing is that people have actually been cured after bathing in the spring where Our Lady appeared. Kinda boggles the mind.