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Old 09-04-2008, 21:20   #1
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Default Chucking the missus out of a plane at 13,000ft-for CHARITY-sponsorship appreciated

Last September my Brother's wife and my wife's best mate Angie died of cancer at the age of 41

Cheryl ( my missus ) wants to raise money for cancer research in her memory and had decided to do a 13,000ft skydive over the Mojave desert ( near the Nevada/Arizona border ) on 7th June

If anyone would like to sponsor her and help a good cause it would be greatly appreciated, no amount is too small

Every penny raised will go to the charity as I am paying all costs involved ( sometimes the charity ends up funding the event, this is not the case here )

If you are a UK tax payer the government will also contribute tax relief through gift aid

You can sponsor her here

www.justgiving.com/cherylcolclough

All donations greatly appreciated, if you can't afford it then a couple of words of encouragement in this thread would also be nice

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Old 09-04-2008, 21:56   #2
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Blimey, good on both of you!

I'll see if I have any spare monies after Sakuras facelift, but good luck from me anyway!
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Old 09-04-2008, 21:56   #3
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Done - sorry it isn't more. Good luck to her
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Old 09-04-2008, 21:58   #4
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Done - sorry it isn't more. Good luck to her
Thanks, very kind of you

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Blimey, good on both of you!

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well not me really, I would have done it as well but they have a weight limit of 15st10
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Old 09-04-2008, 22:01   #5
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Thanks, very kind of you



well not me really, I would have done it as well but they have a weight limit of 15st10
Hehehe good excuse to eat more pies But you are contributing by paying the costs as a lot of the time the sponsor money has to cover these, and it usually ends up just doing this (in my experience) and nothing goes to the charity.
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Old 09-04-2008, 22:07   #6
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Hehehe good excuse to eat more pies But you are contributing by paying the costs as a lot of the time the sponsor money has to cover these, and it usually ends up just doing this (in my experience) and nothing goes to the charity.
yes, seen that happen far too often with these "raise xxx pounds and jump for free" and as you say the charity gets next to nothing
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Old 09-04-2008, 22:09   #7
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Done. Good luck
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Done. £25 + gift aid is there from me.
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Old 09-04-2008, 22:13   #9
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Wow thanks folks

Then again I knew you were all great people
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Old 09-04-2008, 22:23   #10
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will donate some in a day or two Grandad. I'm going to put Angie's name on my back runner's sheet again this year when I do the RfL if that's ok with you?
Of course, it's a very nice gesture

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