This is Oli. He likes cake.
There are many ways that Oli is my superior. He understands how to use his camera flash, has 448 friends on facebook, and has an extensive knowledge of marine biology. And if that all weren’t enough he also has marginally more hair than me. Marginally.
When the whole idea for the Dales Walk was proposed Oli came up with the suggestion that we should hold some sort of contest to see who could raise the most money. No doubt he was anticipating mobilizing his 448 friends into some sort of elite fundraising team in order to grind the rest of us into the dust.
But he had not counted on the overwhelming generosity of the internet. To date through my blog I have raised an incredible £689. That’s over $1350 A sum that I’d never even dreamed I’d be able to achieve. Everyone who has donated has been wonderfully magnanimous, but there are some who’s kindness has been simply breathtaking. I don’t want to name names for fear of embarrassing them, but they know who they are. Thank you so much.
I would however like to give a special mention to Morticia, as she persuaded her office to take up our cause and raised over £230. No doubt there will be a special place in Goth heaven set aside for her, bedecked with all the coffin shaped coffee tables and kitschy religious paraphernalia she could ever desire.
Mind you, declaring my fund raising victory now would be a little premature. There are still five months left until the walk itself and plenty more fundraising opportunities. In truth nothing would make me happier than to see my current donation record smashed into smithereens by another member of the team.
With that in mind I am issuing a sort of call to arms. I wanted to start fundraising early in order to get some sort of momentum going, but now it’s time for all the participants to start gathering in some cash. There has been discussion of a concert from Paul and Rich, talk of targeting local businesses from Sandip, and a proposal for some sort of naked sponsored run through the town center by Dave (go on Dave, you know you want to). It’s time to gather these ideas together and work out what to do with them. Lets meet up over a few beers and agree a plan of action.
Place: Rat and Ratchet, Huddersfield.
I even have some beer vouchers left over from last time we won the quiz, so the first round is on me.
And for anyone else out there in blog land who hasn’t yet donated, you can do so at the top right corner of this page. Go on, take the plunge. All the cool kids are doing it:
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Individuals
- Kristina from Americanmum
- John from Matterings
- Avitable from Avitable
- Donna from Coffee with a straw
- KendlesWife from Two Boys, a Husband, and Me
- Borgart from Bogart in P Town in memory of Mathew Anderson.
- Morticia and her office
- Ed from Zoesdad
- Kathy from The Junk Drawer
- Bradley from The Egel’s Nest
- Dan Leone from Cafe Leone
- (Un)relaxed Dad from Relaxed Parents
- Phil from A Family Runs Through It
- PG from Annoyingly Boring
- Sam from Rabbit Confused with Raisins
- ImPerceptible from ImPerceptiblity
- Chuck from D is for Dad
- Jeff from Jeff’s Place
- Whit from Honea Express
- Lise M, who has a blog, but I’ve forgotton what it is.
- Childsplay x2 from Childsplay x2
- Case from Moving Delirium
- Organic Mama from Organic Mama
- Tracy from Whim
- People in the Sun from People in the Sun
- Rol from Sunset over Slawit
- Steve from Life Begins
- Helen, who is unfortunately Blogless
- Hygiene Dad from The Hygiene Chronicles.
- Jeff from View from the Cloud
- Xbox4NappyRash from Xbox4NappyRash
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Companies
- cre8Buzz - be seen…be heard…be found
Funny you should post this today. You’ll have to check out my post tomorrow. (It’s a continuation from today’s post.) Then just sit back and start counting the donations as the roll in from my tens of readers.
Ed (zoesdad)’s last blog post..So Want to be a Nurse?
I’m sorry I was late to the game. I’m all about crushing the competition! I threw something in the collection jar. All the best in your endeavor!
Kathy’s last blog post..We Were Almost a Nielsen Family
I think it’s very sad that Oli’s friends and family could only afford a used cake for his birthday. Maybe he doesn’t really have 448.
Way to go Dan. I hope you didn’t try to bribe all of these people with Marmite as well, because I gotta tell ya…
Jeff’s last blog post..To tip or not to tip?
I only wish it could have been more. I hope to post something about your endeavor on my blog soon. I am very certain that BoMR will step up to the collection plate.
dan leone’s last blog post..Being A Parent Without Being Apparent
That isn’t my cake - it’s the cake I baked Dan for his birthday. I figured it wouldn’t survive the mail, so I ate it instead. It was delicious.
Incidentally, I apparently have 690 friends on Facebook. I’m quite sure that they’re not all actually my friends, and I’m fairly certain that I don’t even like a few of them, but while they’re on my friends list, I can still find out what they’re up to without having to talk to them.
Still, I reckon I can harness the power of Facebook to get as much money as possible out of them.
When it gets a bit closer, I’ll do a post trying to get my readers to cough up a few dimes and nickels.
Avitable’s last blog post..Avitapope in the house
I’m sorry - my mind went blank after that delicious display of chocolate…
Miss Britt’s last blog post..A Letter To My Body
This is just WONDERFUL!! You should be so proud of yourself!!
I am so totally going to give you money but I forgot and then I had to buy a new computer and now I am waiting to get paid again. Because I am kind of loser-y with money lately. Also I don’t want to be outdone by Avitable.
Nina’s last blog post..Columbus Circle
I’m with Miss Britt, that cake garnered all of my attention when I first came here!
Makeshift Sinatra~
Bloghoppin’ on a Saturday Nite.
I want that cake.
…and thank you too for your thank you - I shall also pass it on to the team….though they won’t want little coffins and what have you which is just as well as that way I can have all them all to myself.
Yeah, yeah, the cake’s better looking than me.
Damned cake. Always gets the attention.
Maybe I should cover myself in chocolate orange butter icing (”frosting”). That ought to transfer some of the attention back to me.
Well, that’s my afternoon all sorted.
Ed - Thanks for the link, it is greatly appreciated.
Kathy - thank you very much!
Deb - Yeah, I’m beginning to suspect that those 448 are all really his mum who just feels sorry for him.
Jeff - If I bribed with marmite I’d have raised triple to total, I’m convinced of it.
Dan - That would be nifty.
Oli - I didn’t even get to have my cake OR eat it.
Avitable - That would also be nifty.
Miss Britt - At least he tells us it’s chocolate.
Momo Fali - I’m more proud of everyone else.
Nina - That’s cool.
Darrin - I was put off it by the gargoyle hovering above it.
Morticia - For another two hundred quid i bet i could get oli to bake and eat a cake of your very own.
Oli - What you do in the privacy of your own attic is entirely up to you.