I know we all have our own chosen ways of giving to all sorts of charities but I am a keen supporter of our troops, in service, injured out or veterans in need of help. To that end a very close friend of mine and his son are trying to raise money for the following excellent good cause, please take a look and see what you think:-
Thanks guys
Hi, Doug Brand here, hope you get chance to have a look at this, hate asking like this but there's only one way to raise some money and that's to ask.
Please please read this and don’t just delete it.
Firstly apologies if you have already received this information but we are trying to reach as many people as possible and raise as much money as we can for the charity. Once you have read this please make a donation if you can as any amount, no matter how large or small, makes a difference.
Also if you know anybody that you think might be interested in helping out please forward this email to them.
Me and my oldest son, Ted (who plans to join the Para’s after sixth form) are doing a tandem parachute jump for the Pilgrim Bandits Charity. We are paying for our own jump so that every penny raised will be going to the British fallen and wounded of the Afghanistan conflict. The jump on 21st September is to be a world record attempt at the most ever skydivers at one time, staged at Netheravon in Wiltshire. On that day, 200 individuals will all make sky jumps from 13,500 feet strapped to an army instructor, to try to engineer a record of 200 tandem sky jumps in one day.
“Jump 4 the Fallen†is being held in memory of every British Service member lost in Afghanistan and is being organised by the Pilgrim Bandits, a registered charity that sets challenges in which ordinary members of the public can compete, in order to raise money for the military charities that assist members of the armed Forces who have been wounded while serving their country.
The Pilgrim Bandits’ particular aim is to assist amputees by funding additional research into prosthetic limbs, so that more ex-Forces personnel can be rehabilitated and re-assimilated into society following injuries sustained while on duty. One of the charity’s patrons is L/Cpl Ben Parkinson, the worst injured soldier from the Afghan conflict.
The idea is also to include injured Forces personnel in Pilgrim Bandits missions so that amputees can join able-bodied participants in missions in which they share common goals. Ben Parkinson will take part in the Netheravon jump.
Please help us support our Troops - If you would like to sponsor our jump for the fallen we have a just giving page. Just follow the link to donate or google – just giving doug and ted.
We Thank You and the wounded and fallen Thank You!
http://www.justgiving.com/Ted-Doug-Brand
Many Thanks Doug Brand and Ted
Details of the event can be found at
http://www.pilgrimbandits.com/The%20Fallen%20410.php
http://www.pilgrimbandits.com/
L/Cpl Ben Parkinson
