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DDK Annual Charity 2007
Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 2:05 pm
by Barry
Any thoughts?
Assuming we do it at all (which I suspect we can take as a given
).
Stay with Macmillan, or support a different charity each year?
Just as a kick-off, I know that Nick Moss was talking about a 911 panel and trim master-class, but I'd be happy to do one on simple repair section forming and welding basics: this sort of thing:
http://www.ddk-online.com/phpBB2/viewto ... 4486#94486
Anyway, now that we're into the New-Year and relative normality has returned I thought perhaps it was worth a thought
.
Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 2:06 pm
by Barry
P.S. Would be happy to help with co-ordination, or whatever, if required.
Macmillan
Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 5:04 pm
by rafiki
Naturally I would support remaining with Macmillan Cancer Support as I am still raising funds for this excellent charity anyway. Total on Christmas Day 2006, including promised contributions not yet collected, was just over £1000.
And we would like more.
(Phase 1 of my treatment is about to end. Then Phase 2 in about 2 months.)
Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 6:06 pm
by Glenn75S
My vote would be to stay with MacMillan.
Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 6:15 pm
by lewis
My vote would be to stay with MacMillan.
Me too, lost two friends to cancer last year, both with asbestos related cancers, I come into contact with the stuff all the time but now take all the precautions avaliable, suprisingly very few people do.
lewis
Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 9:44 pm
by Barry
For what it's worth, I would quite like to stay with the same charity, particularly as it stikes a personal chord with such a large percentage of us.
Someone I worked for held traction engine rallies from the 60's onwards, always for Cancer Research: it was quite nice because they struck up a very good relationship with charity. Forty odd years later they are still going. The point is that they can now look back at the chunks of millions (if not 'whole' millions) raised over the years, all started from that one first event.
Any other thoughts? I would suggest that, like last year, this thread runs for a fortnight or so just to get a wide opinion?
Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 10:04 pm
by Gary71
Macmillian, Still appropriate for the same reasons as last year.
Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 3:33 am
by wizzman
Macmillan gets my vote as a newcomer
Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 5:39 pm
by bjmullan
I'm for staying with Macmillan but was wondering how we could do something during the large Scottish gallering this year...any ideas welcome!
Large Scottish gallering (sic)
Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 11:23 pm
by rafiki
bjmullan wrote:I'm for staying with Macmillan but was wondering how we could do something during the large Scottish gallering this year...any ideas welcome!
When's that?
Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 8:19 am
by bjmullan
Here is the thread for the
DDK Scottish Highland Tour
Highland Fling
Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 12:01 pm
by rafiki
I'll take a rain check as we will just (well a couple of weeks earlier) got back from the Cape to Cape Tour. However, you have chosen a magnificent site and we wish you all well.
Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 11:04 am
by Barry
Boing!
What do we think then folks: are we happy to stay with Macmillan? Any objections?
Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 1:59 pm
by Viv_Surby
I think it remains a good choice, I'm sure most of us have been touched one way or another by the effects of cancer.
Macmillan
Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 11:36 am
by rafiki
Viv_Surby wrote:I think it remains a good choice, I'm sure most of us have been touched one way or another by the effects of cancer.
Biased though I am, I believe this to be a good call!
Chemo treatment finished on Wednesday...now I wait for the next phase.
But still pushing the fundraising bit for this charity through our fundraising website. Please feel free to contribute anything...every penny helps (or rouble, dinar, yuan or dollar) the work these people do.