CJ Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 Well, what started out as a bit of fun with an offer of £20 not to sell the VS bumper but to destroy it snowballed into the finale at Austec Racing today. During the past 2 weeks or so I know I must have ticked off a lot of people with my constant bumping of threads and cajoling to buy tickets or make donations. For this I make no apologies as it was for such a great cause and it helped us raise a considerable amount of money and to promote what turned out to be a fantastic day. And so the thanks - boy oh boy, where do I start? Firstly I would like to thank Heckler for setting up the burn a VS justgiving page. I would like to thank all the people who donated prizes to the raffle. A huge thank you goes to dude for suggesting and organising the dyno day. Big thanks go to Paul, the owner of Austec for allowing us to use his premises and not take a penny off our charity donations during the day. Also big thanks to dude's daughters Katie and Lauren for helping by selling raffle tickets and collecting the dyno money. I would like to say a big thank you to Ellis for introducing the event to Debbie Archer of Dixons and to Debbie herself for the wonderfully generous donation of prizes to the raffle. I want to thank mkivsupra.net for being tolerant and helpful in allowing me to organise the charity day etc and to sell tickets and take donations off the forum. I want to thank my son Josh for driving me up to the event and being my rock during the past couple of weeks when things were getting to me. And finally I want to thank every one of you who donated money, bought tickets and who turned up toady. Without you we would never have been as successful as we were. How successful? Well, I am delighted to announce that the final total of donations, pledges, giftaid, raffle sales and dyno contributions come to a massive £4850! But, it doesnt end there. Paul of Austec has said that whatever the shortfall was to us hitting £5000 he would make up and so, thats it - we have hit £5000! I am now talking to Santander and I am 99% certain they will match fund what we collected and so the total cheque could well be £10,000. Not too shabby eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellis Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 Awesome Col, absolutely awesome. £10K? WOW!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Headroom Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 Your a star Col, a shining example, not too shabby at all Well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heckler Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lbm Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 Not only a successful day, but massively enjoyable, and the weather was splendid too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyT Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 Good lord 10k! You'll be running the NHS by next year Colin. Fair play Josh, big job you did there mate, keeping Dad up and running. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abz Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 It was great meeting you today Col! £10,000 is an outstanding achievement!! You & your son should be proud, this is magnificent effort! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamesy Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 Well done mate. Fantastic support all round and brilliantly Managed and orchestrated by you and dude. Supra community - best there is by a country mile Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JohnSupra1 Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 10k wow! Awesome... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 Fantastic work CJ, really great to see such a small idea snowball into this. A credit to everyone involved, well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobD Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 Congrats bud, magnificent effort Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCK10 Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 Superb!...Well done to CJ and all involved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattdavies Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 I thoroughly enjoyed my day, the day was a credit to yourself. And I look forward to seeing you at the one nest year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porky1978 Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 I still owe you a tenner when i return to the UK fella. I've not forgotten and I would like to say not only well done, but thank you too, for showing that there are people in this world that deserve good fortune, good health etc. You my friend are one such person and i congratulate you wholeheartedly. Fantastic effort. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soopra Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 CJ you are an amazing person and such an inspiration. It's incredible to think we raised £10k and all we were doing is having fun!! When is the next one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mellonman Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 who would of thought a vailside could cause so much joy , great day guys for a great cause Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animal Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 That's brilliant CJ, you should be proud of that. Big congratulations to you and everyone involved in setting this up, and everyone who donated money, time or stuff. See, we're not always a bunch on mindless witch-burning morons Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holden1989 Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 Well done for all your hard work CJ, we had a great day yesterday, thoroughly looking forward to going away with such awesome people in May! What's the next fundraising idea? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wile e coyote Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 Amazing well done mate and well done to all involved Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ Posted March 26, 2012 Author Share Posted March 26, 2012 I still owe you a tenner when i return to the UK fella. I've not forgotten and I would like to say not only well done, but thank you too, for showing that there are people in this world that deserve good fortune, good health etc. You my friend are one such person and i congratulate you wholeheartedly. Fantastic effort. Thank you for the kind words. If you have a bank account or a CC then you can visit the site below in my sig and pay through just giving. CJ you are an amazing person and such an inspiration. It's incredible to think we raised £10k and all we were doing is having fun!! When is the next one? The next Austec charity dyno day? Well, I am hoping to make this an annual event (gives me something to aim at as in my position you need a plan fir the future ) but in the meantime I will be trying to organise other such events around the country. Watch this space Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragonball Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 So good to see you... and or course Josh (of whom I know you are justifiably proud naturally!) Just proof (as if we needed it) of your warm, resolute and indomitable spirit that proves you can move mountains... Congratulations on a great day big fella x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ Posted March 26, 2012 Author Share Posted March 26, 2012 .............Supra community - best there is by a country mile I am stealing that for my sig! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chucky_waR Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 Great job CJ It was such an enjoyable day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imi Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 Thats a brilliant effort Col, well done. imi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_jekyll Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 thats awsome mate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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