Help for Heroes - please sponsor my friend!

Lowe · 02-28-2008, 03:59 PM

Just posting this up to raise a bit of awareness and hopefully get some sponsorship money for a friend of mine.

One of my friends Mike is a Captain in the Royal Engineers - you may remember me posting about him a few months back. He's been serving in Afghanistan, and unfortunately was injured at the end of last year when an RPG air burst about 6 feet from him. He took shrapnel in both arms and legs, and was in a pretty bad way for some time. He's back on his feet now, but is still left with some paralysis in his limbs. It's a miracle he's walking at all - and he puts a lot of it down to the help he received from the 'Help for Heroes' charity.

As a thank you to this wonderful charity, Mike is going to attempt the Bataan Death march. This is a full 26.2 mile desert marathon in New Mexico under extreme conditions, and he's doing it in military gear with a 35lb bergen on his back - and aiming for a sub 6 hour time. This event is more than a challenge for someone fully able, let alone someone who was held together with staples a few months ago! More details of the event can be found here:

Bataan Memorial Death March

Please dig deep and help sponsor Mike, so this brilliant charity can continue helping our wounded heros and their families. You can sponsor him directly by clicking here:

Justgiving - Mike Holgate's Fundraising Page

Thanks!

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Army Musician · 02-28-2008, 07:01 PM

A way of doing this and that is to set Help the Heroes as your Hompage
so when you log on, money goes to that charity.

Just as a side note. There is a new charity forming up for Ex British Service Personnel who have been injured in the line of duty. That is ABEX
www.abex.org.uk

Brummy · 02-28-2008, 07:03 PM

Clicked.

[R-MOD]dunehunter · 02-28-2008, 07:12 PM

I personally fully support this, and I don't think that anyone else on the moderating team would make an issue of this.

Army Musician · 02-29-2008, 09:55 AM

This is the link, that gives money to the Help the Heroes
ClickNow - The Charity's Search Engine

02-28-2008, 03:59 PM	#1
Lowe Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: UK Posts: 17	Help for Heroes - please sponsor my friend! Just posting this up to raise a bit of awareness and hopefully get some sponsorship money for a friend of mine. One of my friends Mike is a Captain in the Royal Engineers - you may remember me posting about him a few months back. He's been serving in Afghanistan, and unfortunately was injured at the end of last year when an RPG air burst about 6 feet from him. He took shrapnel in both arms and legs, and was in a pretty bad way for some time. He's back on his feet now, but is still left with some paralysis in his limbs. It's a miracle he's walking at all - and he puts a lot of it down to the help he received from the 'Help for Heroes' charity. As a thank you to this wonderful charity, Mike is going to attempt the Bataan Death march. This is a full 26.2 mile desert marathon in New Mexico under extreme conditions, and he's doing it in military gear with a 35lb bergen on his back - and aiming for a sub 6 hour time. This event is more than a challenge for someone fully able, let alone someone who was held together with staples a few months ago! More details of the event can be found here: Bataan Memorial Death March Please dig deep and help sponsor Mike, so this brilliant charity can continue helping our wounded heros and their families. You can sponsor him directly by clicking here: Justgiving - Mike Holgate's Fundraising Page Thanks! [Mods - I PM'd for permission so please let this stay here ]
Lowe Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: UK Posts: 17

02-28-2008, 07:12 PM	#4
[R-MOD]dunehunter Forum Moderator Join Date: Dec 2006 Belgium Location: Belgium Posts: 5,289	I personally fully support this, and I don't think that anyone else on the moderating team would make an issue of this.
	Do you have a super handsome mate? (hugs and kisses KP)

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02-28-2008, 07:01 PM	#2
Army Musician Join Date: Mar 2006 United Kingdom Location: GREAT (Amazing) Britain Posts: 1,010	A way of doing this and that is to set Help the Heroes as your Hompage so when you log on, money goes to that charity. Just as a side note. There is a new charity forming up for Ex British Service Personnel who have been injured in the line of duty. That is ABEX www.abex.org.uk

02-28-2008, 07:03 PM	#3
Brummy Join Date: Jun 2007 United Kingdom Location: Brumtown, UK Posts: 5,369	Clicked.

02-29-2008, 09:55 AM	#5
Army Musician Join Date: Mar 2006 United Kingdom Location: GREAT (Amazing) Britain Posts: 1,010	This is the link, that gives money to the Help the Heroes ClickNow - The Charity's Search Engine