ABOUT US:
On Sunday 17th June 2012, each member of The Crew will be walking "Up To 10 miles" to raise money for Macmillan who are looking after our friend Bill. More about that is below, click "read more". Please see individual pages for what your sponsored person is doing on the day. Thank you to everyone who has helped us smash the £1000 target. This has now been raised again to £1500!! ☺
UPDATE: 3rd June 2012.
It was never the intention that this was "in Memory" of Bill. In fact we timed it as early as possible so we could share the joy and achievements with him. Sadly, Bill passed away after a peaceful night's sleep in the early hours of Sunday 3rd June. Rest in Peace Bill and thank you to everyone who is supporting this cause... it continues to be a wonderful thing to support and is more poignant for the members than ever now.
For potential walkers:
Inviting people to join for Bill's "The Crew"... make sure you have a page, not just an account. The page should be "Macmillan" and "doing my own thing" with the title of "Walk for MacMillan nurses". Please contact myself or Dieter for more details. A .pps document is doing the rounds with a step by step guide on how to join up.
For everyone else:
i) Go to www.justgiving.com/teams/thecrew
ii) Select a friend, family member, Facebook acquaintance or just the person with the most appealing profile picture if you do not know them (eeny meeny miney mo also works!) and click "donate now" to the right hand side of their name.
iii) Donate! Paypal or credit/debit cards work, personally I use Paypal but I trust JustGiving if you want to use the latter option. You will need to give your email address and open an account but again, check "no mail" and you will get No Mail. Promise.
iv) This is Most Important of all... if you are in the UK/are a UK taxpayer, please do check "gift aid". This is at NO cost to you and your £2 (which is the minimum pledge online... contact myself, Dieter or Debbie for offline pledges!) will become £2.50 automagically at no extra charge to yourself or your card/Paypal account. We also urge you to ask your friends, followers and fans to do the same :-D
A few words from Dieter:
So, why MacMillan Cancer Support?
Thanks for visiting our team fundraising page.Well, primarily because when we asked Bill for his permission to put on an event in his name, he instantly asked that should any funds be raised from the project, they be aimed at MacMillan.
MacMillan not only care for the cancer sufferer, but dedicate much of their energies and considerable resources in helping relatives and friends make decisions, think clearly, get things done, at a time when, not unsurprisingly folks are not functioning at their best.
Bill and Jan have spoken in glowing terms of how, in their particular case, no end of red tape has just floated away as MacMillan ‘just get stuff done.’
Most of you will have already heard of MacMillan, and sadly, many will have had personal experience of their support.
It really is worth paying their website a visit just to get a ‘heads up’ on the range of help they are able to provide.
We've joined together to raised money for charity. You'll see our team fundraising target on the right. Your donation can really help us smash this goal
Remember: Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving - they'll never share them with anyone or send you unwanted emails. Once you donate, they'll send your money directly to the charity. They'll make sure Gift Aid (an additional 28%) is reclaimed on every eligible donation by a UK taxpayer, too. That means more money goes to the charity, faster, with JustGiving.
So please dig deep and donate now.
