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The (Concluded) Search for Mystery Train Girl
Event: Keir Moffatt's fundraising
£1,110.50 raised of £500.00 target
317 donations
My Target:
£500.00
£1,110.50 raised so far
How to make a donation
Donate online at - www.justgiving.com/mysterytraingirl
By mobile internet Scan this code on your smartphone to go straight to Keir Moffatt's page.
By text message to donate £10 Text £10
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My story
UPDATE - WE HIT £1000! Thank you all SO much, for the support and donations. THE SEARCH IS OFF and it's time for this bumbling romantic/stalker (you decide!) to sign off. Best wishes, Keir x
The story so far: On the train back to Bristol from Cardiff last week, a gorgeous girl in my carriage really caught my eye. We barely spoke but, when she left, I regretted not speaking to her more - and asking her out. When I was driving home with my mate, I mentioned my regret and he said "well, you know what they say, you're never more than 3 people away from who you want to know"… half an hour later, and perhaps against my better judgement, I set up this Facebook group to see if my mate's theory was true - to see if I could find the Mystery Train Girl and get a second chance to ask her out…
…by the following evening, to my complete amazement, over 1,000 people had joined the group and many were leaving kind messages of support for my 'romantic' cause!
By Saturday morning, as the group approached 2,000 members, I started to feel like I wanted something good to come of all the attention, in case we didn't find the mystery girl (I was pretty sure we wouldn't). I decided to set up a JustGiving charity page and figured that if every member was willing to donate £1, we'd have a very real chance a raising close to £2,000 - a potentially wonderful outcome to an otherwise rather embarrassingly, self-indulgent quest. I chose Marie Curie Cancer Care - my sister works for them, and both our family and close friends have been affected by cancer, so it seemed like a natural choice.
Again, to my continued bewilderment, Sunday night saw the group fast approaching 10,000 members (including people from America, Australia, Malaysia, Greece and Dubai!!) and we were more than halfway towards the £500 target I had set for the JustGiving page. Whilst this was simply brilliant, it was also at this point that I started to worry about how big the group had become and that I was potentially forcing a lot of attention on this mystery girl - which wasn't fair. I figured it was possible that she did not want to be found (pretty understandable!) and that it was best to respect that. So, much to everyone's disappointment, I called off the search and let the mystery girl remain a mystery.
Since Sunday, the group has continued to grow (albeit more slowly now), and the donations have reached in excess of £800. A couple of local newspapers have also been in touch about this 'online fairy tale' (not my words!) and two nice chaps had written blog posts about it. What started as a bit of fun, with the smallest of hopes of really finding this mystery girl, grew into something far bigger and far more positive than I ever planned or imagined.
So, here we are, 13,324 members and £805.50 raised for charity at the time of writing. At this stage, I want to say the BIGGEST (THE BIIIIIGGEEEST) thank you I can muster to every single person who has shown support, left wonderful messages, and especially donated to Marie Curie. I am overwhelmed, bewildered, flattered and deeply humbled by the entire experience - it's been quite an adventure.
As for the mystery girl, I did receive several messages from people claiming to be 'her' but simply cannot tell if any are real. If she did find this group, I wanted to extend my apologies to her if I caused her any trouble as that was never my intention - I simply hoped for the chance to take her out. However, the search is over and it's time to respect her desire to remain a mystery.
Please, please do keep donating if you can - it would be amazing to see if we can reach £1000... but it's been a wild ride either way.
Wishing you all peace & progress, Keir x
Facebook group: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=108534272523669
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My charity
Marie Curie Cancer Care
Charity Registration No. 207994 (England & Wales) and SC038731 (Scotland)
Marie Curie Cancer Care provides high quality nursing, totally free, to give people with terminal cancer and other illnesses the choice of dying at home, supported by their families. It runs nine Marie Curie Hospices across the UK offering free specialist care for patients and support for families. The charity conducts palliative care research to find better ways of caring for terminally ill people and also funds scientists who investigate the causes and treatments of cancer. Charity Registration No 207994 (England & Wales) and SC0 38731 (Scotland)
Donations 317
Good luck Keir! this is amazing!!
Donation by Sarah and Frenchie xxx on 08/05/10
£5.00
Such a good idea for an excellent cause, and good luck with the girl hopefully it's meant to be :-)
Donation by Tanya April Remnant on 08/05/10
£2.00
This is so lovely, just the sort of thing you read about on LGMH! I think it's wonderful that you're using this to raise money. Good luck! :)
Donation by Phoebe Stow on 08/05/10
£2.00
Good luck with finding your mystery train girl :-)
Donation by Isabelle Paterson-Taylor on 08/05/10
£3.00
Good luck! I really hope you find her :) x
Donation by Sam King on 08/05/10
£2.00
As good a charity as any! I am a little annoyed that you've raised more money than me, though. :P
Donation by Adam Fairris on 08/05/10
£2.00
+ £0.56 Gift Aid
Love this! In shitty times, something so pure and happiness-inducing is just what is needed :) Good luck! xxx
Donation by Vix Blake on 08/05/10
£2.00
+ £0.56 Gift Aid
Good luck! you are actually a legend!
Donation by Richard Stamper on 08/05/10
£2.00
+ £0.56 Gift Aid
Donation by anonymous on 08/05/10
£2.00
+ £0.56 Gift Aid
This is so cute! I really hope you find her and raise tonnes of money in the meantime =D xx
Donation by Sabina Peck on 08/05/10
£2.00
Best of luck to you with the search. This is a really nice idea. Well done! X
Donation by Bekki Windfeld on 08/05/10
£2.00
This is so sweet and loopy! I wish more people were as spontaneous! :) Hope you find her.
Donation by Laura de Noves on 08/05/10
£2.00
Donation by Emilie Baekgaard on 08/05/10
£2.00
Hey good on ya man! Really hope you find her :)
Donation by Rhiannon Meyer-Turner on 08/05/10
£2.00
:)
Donation by Lizzie Ware on 08/05/10
£2.00
+ £0.56 Gift Aid
I was feeling a bit down about love type things to day and this cheered me up, so thanks. Hope you find her.
Donation by Helen Watson on 08/05/10
£5.00
You are like the new danny wallace! you should make this into a book - keep searching. . . . . . there must be more clues!
Donation by Amy Gander on 08/05/10
£2.00
+ £0.56 Gift Aid
good luck, this is such a lovely thing 2 do xx
Donation by joanne johnston on 08/05/10
£2.00
Donation by Amy Traylor on 08/05/10
£2.00
+ £0.56 Gift Aid
Good luck with finding her!
Donation by Claire Shuttleworth on 08/05/10
£5.00
I hope you find her - this is sooooooo lovely. Sharon
Donation by sharon peak on 08/05/10
£3.00
+ £0.85 Gift Aid
Brilliant.
Donation by Jess Alldis on 08/05/10
£2.00
+ £0.56 Gift Aid
Hope you find her...good luck!
Donation by sally on 08/05/10
£2.00
Good ol' technology! Good luck with your searching...I'll keep an eye out in Taunton :)
Donation by Chloe Turner on 08/05/10
£2.00
This is flippin lush! Hope it works out... ZO xx
Donation by Zoe Hackwood on 08/05/10
£2.00
+ £0.56 Gift Aid
Donation summary
- * Online donations£1,110.50
- Offline donations£0.00
- Text donations£0.00
- Total raised£1,110.50
- Gift Aid£193.63
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