Help me get rid of my kids!!!!!

blackangeluk

Hi Hypno,

We have printer, fax and copier cartridges at work as well as home printer cartridges. Will all of these do?

spud30

Hypno,

I will send you mine when they're empty. With the amount of printing we do, the ones that are in wont last much longer.

In_Search_Of_Me

No probs! I'll let you know whe they run out but I am frugal so it could take a while! Have you tried contacting your paper? My mum runs a charity in Nepal (good excuse to leave the country for 3 months a year if you ask me!) and got a great response...worth a try!

benbenandme

am just off to mention this on our mortgage-free-in-3 thread in case anyone there doesn't venture over here

Jillinoz

Hello Hypno

On a bit of a tangent - although relevant to Fishface's post above - have you thought about contacting local businesses to try to secure sponsorship for your children? Or even organisations like SportEngland?

I do this for a living, so would be happy to point you in the right direction / draft funding letters etc. Feel free to PM me.

Best of luck!

Jillinoz

hypno06

Thank you for the posts on here and for the pm's. The children are very excited and quite amazed at the response we have got. To prove their dedication they have been race training tonight in the pouring rain. Soaked to the skin but still wanting to go back up and do another run.

Hopefully I have PM'd details to all that have asked, and to some I have got carried away and PM'd twice. So for my eagerness I apologise if it is blocking up inboxes!!

Floss

Hi Hypno, Am currently looking at an empty HP cartridge so pls PM me your address - your postie will have kittens!

By the way, have you tried your parish council / local councillor / council for grants?

And maybe the kids themselves could set up a website detailing their achievements & hopes & progress, then do a mailshot to all local businesses asking for maybe £10 to put the company name on their website - they will probably get more, but £10 a company is a small amount to ask for & it will all add up.

Also try & get a piece in your local paper with photos, details of their achievement and your cartridge request.

Good luck - will watch out for them in the future.

Floss xx

Lazy_Runner

Hi

Have you considered recycling mobile phones? Not done it myself so don't know if the returns are worth the effort. But people seem to get new phones regularly.

HTH

madmoney_2

Hi Hypno, quick update, I managed to ask oh about getting some cartridges and he sed he'll have a mooch round tomorrow for ya, Ill probably pester him all next week then send them to u hun xxxx

hypno06

Thank you! Mobile phones are also accepted but lots of DFWers can take advantage of extra clubcard points or sending them to envirophone etc to get extra money towards their own individual challenges.

I could add mobile phones though to the local collections that the children are doing - thanks for the ideas!