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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!
Donation by Tamsin Perry on 09/05/10
£2.00
Good luck, what an amazing thing to do. Lends so much support to people who need it most
Donation by Sara Ballantyne on 09/05/10
£2.00
Great job on combining this group with a little reminder to donate money. Hope you find her and have an epic romance.
Donation by Nora Piisku on 09/05/10
£3.00
Keir, Happy to help you get closer to your target, hope you find her, you old romantic you! x
Donation by Cassida Biggs on 09/05/10
£2.00
+ £0.56 Gift Aid
good luck! :)
Donation by Megan Flower on 09/05/10
£3.00
+ £0.85 Gift Aid
Really lovely idea and now with a great cause behind it! Good luck mate :)
Donation by David Leonard on 09/05/10
£2.00
Keir - Legend!!!!!! Will be amazing if we can raise a fortune and find you a hot new girlfriend at the same time - what a great way to raise money! x
Donation by richard Fuller on 09/05/10
£2.00
+ £0.56 Gift Aid
Donation by kelda skey on 09/05/10
£5.00
Donation by Anonymous on 09/05/10
£2.00
+ £0.56 Gift Aid
Well done Keir, think ur amazing chick xx
Donation by Rhiannon Jones on 09/05/10
£2.00
+ £0.56 Gift Aid
:)
Donation by Caitlin on 09/05/10
£2.00
Amazing - genuinely hope you find her! x
Donation by Caroline on 09/05/10
£3.00
+ £0.85 Gift Aid
Great thinking adding charity to it! :)
Donation by Laura on 09/05/10
£5.00
+ £1.41 Gift Aid
Good luck!
Donation by Frances Waite on 09/05/10
£2.00
+ £0.56 Gift Aid
Good luck, I hope you find your girl. Either way you've raised some good money for charity.
Donation by Matthew Frye on 09/05/10
£2.00
this warms my heart... good luck!
Donation by Becca on 09/05/10
£2.00
+ £0.56 Gift Aid
Donation by becky on 09/05/10
£2.00
This is so lovely. Good luck and well done for being so thoughtful :)
Donation by Kathleen McCarthy on 09/05/10
£2.00
+ £0.56 Gift Aid
Good luck! :)
Donation by Lyndsey C-A on 09/05/10
£2.00
If you do find her, at least she can know she was the cause of us all donating! How great would that be!
Donation by Katryna Robertson on 09/05/10
£2.00
+ £0.56 Gift Aid
All the best Keir, I'll get you a pint either way at the next underscore meetup.
Donation by Oliver Humpage on 09/05/10
£2.00
+ £0.56 Gift Aid
Potentially the sweetest thing I've ever seen... I hope you find her :) xxx
Donation by Carys Jones on 09/05/10
Good luck! I hope you find her.
Donation by Liza Cox on 09/05/10
£3.00
This really made me smile today :) Good luck with the search! xxx
Donation by Holly Finnigan on 09/05/10
£2.00
+ £0.56 Gift Aid
this has got to be one of the most absurd things I've seen on FB in ages, sheer brilliance! good luck mate, find her or not your doing a great thing!
Donation by Nathaniel Stevens on 09/05/10
£5.00
+ £1.41 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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