Showing posts with label donors. Show all posts
Showing posts with label donors. Show all posts
Thursday, 24 May 2007
Spinning top
And a big Thank You to Ian Spinney for his marvellous C-note. An all around good chap and PR man of distinction. www.spinpartners.com
Wednesday, 2 May 2007
Trickle in
My first clumsy attempts at chinking away at my £20,000 target are starting to wear it down. Got a £20 note in the post today, from a guest at the PLC Awards who had to dash away early and didn't get a chance to make a donation. Cool. Thanks, Bill Nicol. Anyone else? Please feel free to try out the new online payment system (see link below). And God bless.
Lots of stuff is happening as well. It seems I've joined along with a cohort of fellow jumpers -
Bernadette Murphy, an estate agent; Linda Birkbeck owner of House of Bruar (posh!) and Angela Paterson, MD of new recruitment company for the Highlands, Hijobs.co.uk. Apparently Angela has walked on hot coals. Crikey. Jumping from 10,000 feet should be a scoosh.
Lots of stuff is happening as well. It seems I've joined along with a cohort of fellow jumpers -
Bernadette Murphy, an estate agent; Linda Birkbeck owner of House of Bruar (posh!) and Angela Paterson, MD of new recruitment company for the Highlands, Hijobs.co.uk. Apparently Angela has walked on hot coals. Crikey. Jumping from 10,000 feet should be a scoosh.
Friday, 27 April 2007
The journey begins
My campaign to raise £20k for breast cancer was well and truly launched last night at our grand PLC awards. This event was described by the Scotsman today as 'arguably Scotland's top awards ceremony'. MC Peter Sissons announced my plan to jump from a plane to the audience of 550 odd top business folk.
With specially printed envelopes on the table (printed by those kind chaps at Minuteman Press www.mmpedinburgh.com) and me with a collection bucket outside the doors at the end, I didn't do too badly - £275. It's a good start! A good way to go yet - as the wise man says, a journey of 20,000 miles starts with one step. Of course, the original journey of the proverb was 1000 miles but that's inflation for you.
I'd like to thank all those guests at the awards who gave so generously - including Stuart Yuill, the regional manager Scotland West at the Bank of Scotland Business Banking unit. Also Gordon MacIntyre-Kemp, the business manager at ASA International. And also to Hugh Stewart, chairman of Caledonian Alloys, who not only won the award for Outstanding Private Company but also kindly donated to the cause.
Next, I'll be getting in contact with those who patted their pockets and said 'I'll get you later'. You know who you are. I hope to announce very soon my online payment facility, which will be managed by booby Bird partner, Scottish Community Foundation. Watch this space!
With specially printed envelopes on the table (printed by those kind chaps at Minuteman Press www.mmpedinburgh.com) and me with a collection bucket outside the doors at the end, I didn't do too badly - £275. It's a good start! A good way to go yet - as the wise man says, a journey of 20,000 miles starts with one step. Of course, the original journey of the proverb was 1000 miles but that's inflation for you.
I'd like to thank all those guests at the awards who gave so generously - including Stuart Yuill, the regional manager Scotland West at the Bank of Scotland Business Banking unit. Also Gordon MacIntyre-Kemp, the business manager at ASA International. And also to Hugh Stewart, chairman of Caledonian Alloys, who not only won the award for Outstanding Private Company but also kindly donated to the cause.
Next, I'll be getting in contact with those who patted their pockets and said 'I'll get you later'. You know who you are. I hope to announce very soon my online payment facility, which will be managed by booby Bird partner, Scottish Community Foundation. Watch this space!
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