Keith's sponsored mid-life crisis
Page creator: Keith Kahn-Harris
Page closes: 22nd Jul 2007
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About the charity : Action for M.E. Action for M.E.
M.E. devastates the lives of around 240,000 people in the UK. They live with severe pain and exhaustion and many are left housebound or bedbound. Action for M.E. helps to improve the lives of people with M.E. by providing specialist support and information whilst campaigning for research, treatments and services.
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Fundraising target:  £1,000.00
Donations to date:  £ 1,310.00
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I reached my target! Thanks to everyone who donated. To those who have not yet given - there is still time!

I did do an embarassing video. You can view it at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPNZ5yfmJ6Q

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Hi

 This is your chance to make me look like a pillock and raise money for a good cause at the same time!

 You may or may not know that I have had ME for 14 years now. I won’t bore you with details of my symptoms, but it makes life difficult. I have to watch my activity level constantly and I cannot work full-time. There are many people who suffer worse than I  including people who are confined to wheelchairs. ME sufferers have long had a raw deal: disbelief from doctors, lack of research from the medical profession, denial of benefits and insurance, even sick children taken from their parents. Thankfully, things are beginning to change and there is increased understanding of the disease and its effects.

 Action For ME, one of the foremost charities in the working in this area is carrying out a major fundraising drive to coincide with ME awareness week (7-13th May). It has challenged all its members to raise £1000 or more and I have taken up this challenge. I am asking as many of you as possible to help me in my SPONSORED MID-LIFE CRISIS.

 Here’s the deal: I am 35 and I am slowly going to seed. I have a wife, two kids and a house in the suburbs. I get excited by the idea of a holiday in Bournemouth. Yet somewhere deep inside me, the embers of youthful rebellion still glow. I will fan those embers of youthful rebellion to forge myself anew in the white-hot flames of METAL!

 Yes, up till now I have only written about Metal (my book ‘Extreme Metal: Music and Culture on the Edge’ is still available in all good book shops), but now I will live it. For your delectation and enjoyment I will transform myself into a true Metal warrior – but only if you can help me raise £1000 or more. If you help me reach that target I will dress up as a Metal musician, complete with spikes, and video myself playing my air guitar and miming to a hot Metal track. I’ll post the results on youtube.com. I’m asking for £10 from each of you. For £20 you can vote for the song you want me to mime to. For £30 you can vote for the Metal musician you want me to dress up as.

 This is your chance to make me embarrass myself in front of the entire world. Dare you miss this opportunity?

 Donating takes a matter of minutes and is totally secure. You can leave a message with your donation too.

I will let you know how much I’ve raised at the end of ME awareness week.

 In Metal!

Keith
Display Name Date Amount Tax Bonus  Comment
Paul Moser 02/06/2007 £50.00 £14.10  
Alan Buxton 22/05/2007 £10.00 £2.82  
Pippa Watmough 22/05/2007 £10.00 £2.82 May my mid-life crisis be nearly as exciting! 
Milton and Elinor Simanowitz 19/05/2007 £30.00 £8.46 Good luck 
Dave not Mustaine 16/05/2007 £10.00 £2.82 acting like a maniac..how about a nice power ballard..anyways, good luck and enjoy thrashing around 
Christoph Helbig 08/05/2007 £20.00 n/a Like to see "Shout at the devil" by Mötley Crüe or "Paradise city" by G'n'R. Rock on, brother! 
STEPHEN CROSSICK 06/05/2007 £20.00 £5.64  
Joy & Herb 04/05/2007 £20.00 n/a I love Gene Simmons! 
H 03/05/2007 £20.00 n/a  
Jeanny & David 03/05/2007 £20.00 £5.64 Good luck, Keith 
erica martin 01/05/2007 £20.00 £5.64 keep it real brutha! death to pop! 
Dina Berenstein 01/05/2007 £10.00 n/a Wishing you the best in mid-life and music 
Niki Hopkins 01/05/2007 £20.00 £5.64 enjoy!!  
Sarah-Jane Stirling 30/04/2007 £20.00 £5.64 Can't wait to see the video! 
Vicky Joseph 30/04/2007 £10.00 £2.82 nice change from a sponsored bike ride! 
Rahul Manvatkar 30/04/2007 £10.00 £2.82 enjoy 
Claire Manning 30/04/2007 £10.00 £2.82 Rock on! 
Nick Moberly 29/04/2007 £10.00 £2.82 Thrash yourself to death! 
Ruth and Brendan 29/04/2007 £50.00 £14.10 Your Twisted Sister says, "It's got to be Dee Snider in full make up". Good Luck 
Mariana 28/04/2007 £20.00 £5.64 Don't know any metal tunes, so will spare you the need to perform a song.Good luck with the venture. 
Sue Pearl 28/04/2007 £25.00 £7.05 refuah schlemah 
Alex Doherty 27/04/2007 £10.00 £2.82 right on 
peter daniel kornhauser 27/04/2007 £20.00 £5.64 to add a bit of variety to your day, mimic your favourite female metal artist. good luck keith. 
Anne Kirkwood 27/04/2007 £20.00 £5.64 all the best 
tony lynn 27/04/2007 £50.00 £14.10  
Michael Overlander 27/04/2007 £100.00 £28.21 If you want to dress up, that's your business, don't terrorise too many in Bournemouth! 
Eriko Sakata 27/04/2007 £10.00 £2.82 I'm working in Linklaters IMG with your father. I hope you will have a lot of fun for the event!  
Joel Levy 27/04/2007 £10.00 £2.82 Punk's not dead 
Viv bellau 27/04/2007 £30.00 £8.46 Hope you make it 
Howard 27/04/2007 £30.00 £8.46 I would have given even more if you promised not to dress up in the way you describe. 
Jonathan de Lance-Holmes 27/04/2007 £20.00 £5.64  
Hermann Beythan 27/04/2007 £50.00 n/a all the best 
Jackie and David Gerrard 26/04/2007 £30.00 £8.46 Good luck Keith - hope all goes well 
Heather and Russell Courts 26/04/2007 £20.00 n/a Lordi Lordi Lordi! 
Hannah 26/04/2007 £10.00 £2.82 Metal goodness . . . 
Gerald Rothman 25/04/2007 £50.00 £14.10 Think Big 
James Merino 25/04/2007 £20.00 £5.64 Let's have Lordi's 'Hard Rock Hallelujah' or, if that isn't Metal enough, Slayer's 'Reign in Blood' 
Nick and Tracey 25/04/2007 £30.00 £8.46 "Hanging around" by Me Me Me (seems appropriate) 
Jack Zero 24/04/2007 £20.00 n/a Great cause, Metal-boy. Best of luck. Jack from Teruah-Jewish Music  
Johan Fornas 24/04/2007 £20.00 n/a better rock than crisis 
deborah silver 24/04/2007 £10.00 £2.82 rock on! 
april, taff, & addison 23/04/2007 £20.00 n/a COOL!!!!!! 
Richard Crossick 23/04/2007 £10.00 £2.82 Enjoy it Keith... 
Daniel Zylbersztajn 23/04/2007 £5.00 n/a Will a good fiver do? PhD student Budget! Have fun and make some noise! 
sam brier 23/04/2007 £10.00 £2.82  
Judith Bara 23/04/2007 £30.00 £8.46 I would like you to re-enact Meatloaf and Bat Out of Hell 
Rabbi Tony Bayfield 23/04/2007 £30.00 £8.46 Good luck Keith 
paul&margaret 23/04/2007 £100.00 £28.21 You and Deborah to replicate Cradle of Filth's 2004 album(see p75 Extreme Metal by KKH) 
Deborah 23/04/2007 £30.00 £8.46 Song to mime: "I want to know what love is" by Foriegner Metal musican: Horgh from Immortal 
mark g @ cst 23/04/2007 £10.00 £2.82 all the best Keith 
Michael Wegier 23/04/2007 £10.00 £2.82 If you really wanted to shock me - Vote Conservative. 
Jude Williams 23/04/2007 £10.00 £2.82 Rock On! 
Jeremy Wallach 23/04/2007 £10.00 n/a Go for it, old chap! 
Rebekka Helford 22/04/2007 £10.00 n/a I'll do whatever it takes to support my brother-in-law's hilarious antics. Rock on, my good man! 
Colin Bulka 22/04/2007 £10.00 n/a that's a mid life crisis!? I might've given more if you were to have an affair with a 19 year old! 
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*Total donated online: £1,270.00
Amount raised offline: £40.00
Gift Aid plus supplement: £291.92
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