Ben Appleton

Ben's Doing A Big Battlefield Bike Ride

Fundraising for Help for Heroes
£2,250
raised of £2,000 target
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Big Battlefield Bike Ride, 28 November 2007
Participants: Ben Appleton
Help for Heroes

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RCN 1120920 (England & Wales) and SC044984 (Scotland)
We help veterans and their families to live the life they deserve after service

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Thank you for visiting my fundraising page. Please dig deep and sponsor me online.

The Ride's over now and it was an amazing experience, I met some truly inspirational people and some truly terrifying hills but together we got through it. During the 5 days on the road we visited several memorial sites & it gave me a great insight into how the wars went and the conditions that the soldiers had to endure. Having spent some time with our current servicemen I noticed how admirably they dealt with the injuries and situations that modern warfare has left them in, it was truly amzing to see how upbeat they all were. I believe now more than ever that Help for Heroes is a great charity to get behind and show your support so please join me and pledge some moeny to help these brave men & women.

Thank You's
Thanks very much to everyone who has sponsored me here at Justgiving and to Lisa Gill, Mike Taylor, Les Watkinson & Frances Lodge for their sponsorship off line, also a very big thank you to Virginia Budd, Lucy Otter & the rest of the Virgin Media community fund panel for agreeing to match my sponsorship up to £250.

I now have Help for Heroes wrist bands available at £3.00 (£5 through eBay),  please let me know if you would like one, you can always send the money direct through paypal to yimmin@btinternet.com and I'll get one sent out.

Thanks to the following people who have already bought one; S Saunders, S Pickles, L Watkinson, J Frater, T O'Donnell, L Mardell, W Young, L McDermott, S Hart, J Roberts, N Salter, A Rayner, H Neal, T Austin, S Jordan, E Dumper, M Plume & many others

I would also like to extend a big thank you to everyone who attended the Race Night I held and to the following people & businesses who provided raffle prizes on the night; VDO Cycle computers, Est Est Est, Beatles Story exhibition, Burton's Foods, gocre8, Alma De Cuba, Velosave, Country Art, Liverpool FC, Elegante, Advanced Mobile Nails, Glamor, The Fulwood Arms & Aquity Special Forces Kit Supplies.

You can keep up to date on the bike ride and all my progress in getting support and sponsorship at http://yimmin.blogspot.com/ or you can subscribe to my RSS feed using  http://feeds.feedburner.com/YimminsBlog

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Help for Heroes

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RCN 1120920 (England & Wales) and SC044984 (Scotland)
Veterans & their families face their toughest battles yet. Painful injuries. Mental trauma. Disability. Isolation. Our life-changing services support them. From physical & mental health care, to help with welfare & medical needs. Your fundraising ensures they get this specialist support for life.

Donation summary

Total raised
£2,250.00
+ £500.64 Gift Aid
Online donations
£1,800.00
Offline donations
£450.00

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