Across England for CF & Lupus

finnerty

Hello Fellow money savers

I have been asked by my dear cousin to help raise him some monies for CF and Lupus, He will be bike riding 194 miles over 15th-27th March .... it was originally going to be a walk but yesterday It was decided he was not upto it and will take a slightly less strenuous method of Bike riding the journey :eek:

I have Set it up all legal and such @ Just Giving

http://www.justgiving.com/194bikeridelupus

http://www.justgiving.com/194milebikeride



Registered Charity No. 1051610




Registered Charity No. 1079049

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I have never done this before and have no idea what the best method of collecting sponsors is :beer:

I have a moneybookers and paypal account ( don't really want to give paypal a % of the charity money though) So I was thinking if you could reply to this thread I could send you my moneybookers e-mail to send a few pence towards the charities and I will pass the money on to them, unfortunatly It will take a bit of trust on your part that I will pass the money to the charity so I will post a receipt of the end Charity payment. If people who wish to donate mention it in this thread this will also be a kinda running total to showing how much has been raised to comapare with the final amount I hand over
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Anyway a bit about my Wonderful cousin and his wife, Tommy is 42 and has CF which is an achivement in its self to reach that age ... He works for Birminghams Heartlands Hospital helping with other CF sufferers and their families and has raised a lot of money for the charities over the years by doing marathons etc, Last Feb He and his Wife had a little Boy 'our families little Miracle Child' Tom underwent sugery for this to be possible and the story was followed on Sir Robert Winstons Program A CHILD AGAINST ALL ODDS here are a few links to their story http://www.midlandfertility.com/?news=1185622033http://www.midlandfertility.com/?image=1514710555
http://www.heartlandscf.org/Default.asp?Page=71 http://www.heartlandscf.org/Default.asp?Page=50


Also if any one has any ideas on how to do this more professionaly please pipe up :-)

Finn
[FONT=Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, Sans-Serif]This is the Request e-mail + info they have sent me

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Hi all Please find attached a sponsor form for Tom's epic walk. He would be gateful if you could collect sponsors for him. As he has not been able to set up payment through a secure site. He would be grateful if you could collect the money and send a cheque through payable to LUPUSCF A charity account has been set up for the above purpose.

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Registered Charity No. 1051610




Registered Charity No. 1079049


Tom McLoughlin-Yip is making an epic journey to raise money for the West Midlands Lupus Group and the Cystic Fibrosis Trust. The journey will start at St Bees Head (on the West coast) on 15th March finishing at Robin Hood Bay (East coast) 27th March. Tom has Cystic Fibrosis himself and to do this walk is an achievement for him. The walk will take 11-12 days covering 194 miles. Please sponsor him generously

Tim_L

Look at justgiving.com - think you can set something up with gift aid and everything.

finnerty

Tim_L wrote: »

Look at justgiving.com - think you can set something up with gift aid and everything.

just checked it out and unfortunatly it takes a minimum of 3 days to set it up, and the thing starts in 3 days, They left it a bit late before asking me, probably as they are only expecting a few quid from family and friends really .... I just thought i'd try and get a few more quid for them :-)

krazykidskate

Put me down for a tenner and I hope all goes well for him.:T:T:T

ahai1

You can still set up even when the event is running.

Mariner13

Will u pm me ur moneybookers email pls fin

finnerty

Yipee I have managed to set up a Just giving page for it, unfortunatly I can only set it up for one of the charities so LUPUS misses out well he's got the rest of the family raising money towards it so they won't lose out completly

http://www.justgiving.com/194milebikeride

finn :-)

ahai1

You can set up another page for CF.

finnerty

A big thank you :beer: to those who have donated so far .... it is very generous of you

finnerty

I have also set up a page for LUPUS another charity close to their hearts which they wish to raise money for

http://www.justgiving.com/194bikeridelupus


Registered Charity No. 1051610



Many thanks for you donations :beer:

finnerty

*****UPDATE***** the Bike ride is now in progress
Day 1 St Bees Head - Ennerdale 8 1/2 miles
Day 2 Ennerdale - Borrowdale 30 miles