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Iʼve raised £300 to Replace a broken mobilty scooter for Graham age 70 who lives in Shinfield and desperately wants to retain his independence.
- Shinfield, Reading, UK
- Funded on Sunday, 30th September 2018
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Graham Jones age 70 has lived in Shinfield most of his life and due to ill health used to use a mobility scooter to get around until the other day when it broke.
I saw a Face Book Post by him on our local site about it and decided I'd really like to try to help him retain his independence. As we'd never met I arranged for him to come to visit me so that I could have a chat about setting up a fundraising page. His friend and neighbour Carol brought him to my house and we spent a couple of hours chatting about all sorts 😊 He said he felt guilty about asking for help but I reassured him that anyone who donated would be doing so out of kindness and generosity and how a few people had already expressed an interest ( in fact my own daughter has already given me a donation).
I really think that if the local community get together on this we can show once again what village life is all about - caring for your neighbours. Would you please all try to help me.
As I said earlier. Graham and I have never met but during our chat this morning we discovered that in April 1980 after the birth of our twin daughters. My husband and I moved into 42 Gorse Ride South Finchampstead. It turns out Graham and his wife had just moved out of there to live in Roycroft Lane Finchampstead. Now I know who to blame for the dreadful wallpaper 🤣
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- 6 years ago
Denise Kmiecik
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- 6 years ago
Denise Kmiecik
6 years agoGood morning Everyone, I'm thrilled to say that I've just paid Graham £234.23 of the amount raised so far towards his replacement scooter. Thankyou all Denise xx
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- 6 years ago
Denise Kmiecik
6 years agoHi Everyone, last week I withdrew £233.87 from the donations received so far to give to Graham towards his replacement scooter. I can't pay it to him yet as it takes 6-10 days to be processed. As soon as the money is in my account I'll send it to him via PayPal. Thank you all for your continued support ❤👌
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23
Patsy Rix
Sep 28, 2018
I hope this helps a little x x ❤️
£20.00
Neil & Sheila Turner
Sep 17, 2018
£10.00
Anonymous
Sep 14, 2018
£20.00
Sparkles the Unicorn
Sep 11, 2018
£36.00
Jade Smith
Sep 9, 2018
£10.00
Sandra East
Sep 7, 2018
£5.00
Anonymous
Sep 6, 2018
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Denise Kmiecik
Shinfield, Reading, UK
Hi everyone, from my hospital bed. Graham has had an offer of a refurbished scooter for£485. We've raised £214 so can I please ask for one last push to help raise the cost of the scooter thats been offered and I'll arrange for Graham to be given the money.