charity trip

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Rob Blackstock	Rob Blackstock posted 15 Years Ago Post Details
Group: G4 Member Posts: 52, Visits: 218	Mac event sounds great. BUT none of us have really answered Alan's original question! What are we going to do for charity as a Club? We can all do the Mac event (if we get places), but now that I have flushed you all out - how are we going to support Alan? Rob
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Robin Gale	Robin Gale posted 15 Years Ago Post Details
Group: Past Forum Member Posts: 36, Visits: 852	Just been looking on the Macmillian 4x4 event site and it looks like a fun event and up for taking part. So count me in. While looking through the event photo's and looks like someone from the orange side has taken part a few years ago http://www.mac4x4.co.uk/2004DB3.jpg Robin
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Sweep	Sweep posted 15 Years Ago Post Details
Group: G4 Member Posts: 293, Visits: 1.5K	Hi All, Count me in too. All round good guy :D G4 Owners Club -------------------------------- Gone but not forgotten 08 D3 XS. BN55 WPV G4 D3 Mongolian Recce 110 1936yba - PGE
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flinty	flinty posted 15 Years Ago Post Details
Group: Forum Member Posts: 141, Visits: 628	I like the idea of this :) Ian Now missing Discovery 3 G4 - BD08 VSU. Why did I sell :crying:
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g30rge	g30rge posted 15 Years Ago Post Details
Group: G4 Member Posts: 128, Visits: 811	:Whistling: I would be interested in Mac event ------------------------------------------------- George Stoker North East England
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bumpy	bumpy posted 15 Years Ago Post Details
Group: Forum Member Posts: 26, Visits: 253	I would be up for the Macmillan 4x4 event. If anybody is interested I could do a block booking, this event is normally 'over subscribed' ..however i will be seeing the 'clerk of the course' Selwyn next weekend... so can get a good foot in the door.
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Rob Blackstock	Rob Blackstock posted 15 Years Ago Post Details
Group: G4 Member Posts: 52, Visits: 218	Alan, I did some charity work in Romania in the early 90s, working in orphanages. Essentially, I collected cash and building materials for 6 months and then drove to Romania from Germany (approx 2000 miles) with my Troop of Royal Engineer tradesmen to complete the work. It was extremely rewarding. Brilliant drive too (although very long) Vienna, Prague, Budapest and onwards to Romania. As you know, I built the bridge in workington Cumbria just before Christmas last year. My team won the Outstanding Achievement Award from the Variety Club of great Britain. I will be attending a charity lunch in London to receive the award on 18 May. Variety Club raise money for motorised wheel chairs. I also ran the London Marathon in 2006 for the Lords Taverners. This was brilliant! They raise money for English school boy cricket and minibuses for disabled children (they are green). I still have links into Lords Taverners, and they always look for volunteers to raise cash for them. We could target London Marathon 2011, as a G4 Challenge sub group for LTs? It is a lifetime achievement and absolutely fantastic!! The advantage is that they send you a fund raising pack. Lastly, and most obviously from a guy serving with the Army in Afghanistan, Help for Heroes is massively in vogue at the moment, as is the Army Benevolent Fund. It saddens me to infor you all that some of our soldiers are leaving this theatre very seriously injured and some of their lives will be changed forever. We could do a G4 charity event to support Pudsey? At least we would all be on the TV!! I have been looking at the MacMillan 4x4 charity event or sometime. Should enter a number of vehicles into that, or deliver an equivalent weekend that would attract attention. I would be very happy to help out with the organisation of a new event with you, if you would like. I would suggest that we select a charity, and then select the activity to suit. I hope that this helps - look forward to seeing you all at the London Marathon 2011!!! Rob
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aikhead	aikhead posted 15 Years Ago Post Details
Group: G4 Member Posts: 68, Visits: 943	Hi I'm interested too not gonna make agm tho. But might be able to help on the logistics as worked with a charity that was in Bosnia/Kosovo doing that type of work. They used to help out other charities and groups. Here is their website http://www.edinburghdirectaid.org/ Edward. G4 110 BT52 CNK 03 Germany Ireland support vehicle South Africa 06 Bolivia support reccy vehicle only vehicle to carry kite surfer 81 AM 79 / UNV 438R Ex RAF 101 Forward Control Radio body 1 of only 6 commissioned
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DenysShortt	D DenysShortt posted 15 Years Ago Post Details
D Group: Forum Member Posts: 44, Visits: 140	Alan I'm interested !:) Denys G4 Defender D110 Mongolia Recce - BP07 PCF - was 1932 YbA
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aedwar57	aedwar57 posted 15 Years Ago Post Details
Group: Committee Members Posts: 521, Visits: 1.9K	good idea Anton - its a bit too far to go, but we could help financially.... Alan BT08BTX (Beatrice) Atlantic Rising 110
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