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Balloon race for Kyle

Sandra | 14.06.2009 19:50 | Health | Social Struggles | World

world wide balloon race to save a young boy,, Kyle, currently living in an orphanage in Eastern Europe. Balloons will be released accross the world to celebrate Kyle's 6th birthday. tickets cost £2.00 each


> Balloon race for Kyle
> Hi, We were wondering if you would be able to help us with a charity event
> we are trying to run through out the country. we are doing a fundraiser to
> raise money to adopt a 6 year old boy from Eastern Europe who is
> currently living in an institution. you can check for more details on the website.
> The homestudy alone for England is in the region of £5000 with a total cost
> of about £15000 to fetch him home. The children not adopted often do not
> survive more than a few short years. We want to help but the cost is an issue
> so we are running the following fundraiser to help save this child and to
> help others who wish to adopt children like him.
>  http://www.britishadoptionhelp.co.uk/Balloon race for Kyle
tickets can be purchased from the website or via ebay- item number 320383972240
>
> We are hoping to bring home Kyle. In order to do that we need to raise
> money..lots of it. This is what we are planning...so please join us.
>
> On the 23 July 2009 we will be releasing balloons across the world,
> (although some organisations will release balloons early due to school holidays
> etc)
>
> Each balloon will have a numbered ticket so we know who it belongs to.
> when the balloon is found the finder can email, telephone, or send the ticket
> back to me. The ticket holder of the balloon that travels furthest will
> receive a cash prize for their group, 10% of all tickets sold...tickets are
> £2.00 each ($3.00).....so if we raise £10.00 you will receive £1.00. If we
> raise £1000, the winning ticket holder will receive £100 for their group etc.
> Every participating school and group will keep 10% of the money they raise
> from the tickets they sell.
> The winning individual and the finder of the winning ticket will also
> receive a prize for themselves.
> Prizes will be sent to the school, Scout/Guide group, youth club etc to
> which you belong.
> Closing date for return of balloon tickets will be 28 August. The ticket
> number from the balloon that has travelled furthest will be announced on the
> web site on that day. The winning organisation/person will be contacted in
> person.
>
> The winning ticket will be determined by the overall distance covered by
> the balloon, i.e., the location of the ticket owner to the location of the
> finder, e.g., Manchester to Calais. This means that we are able to sell
> tickets to people across the world as it is the distance covered that we are
> measuring.

Sandra
- e-mail: adoptionadvice@aol.com
- Homepage: http://www.britishadoptionhelp.co.uk

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get the cash, ditch the crap

14.06.2009 20:14

Why not just ask for the dosh instead of filling the sky (then the ground and rivers) with bits of bloody balloon?

anon


dont release balloons please

14.06.2009 23:14

balloon releases harm wildlife and the environment, that is a widely accepted fact, there are plenty of other ways to fundraise - it is no good potentially harming one living creature to help another......

harm.......


Help lots of children rather than one childless person/couple.

15.06.2009 00:43

£15k to "bring him home" - transporting the poor kid to another country is in no way bringing him home.

As others have said, balloon releases are bad for the environment so if you actually care then don't do it.

Imagine what the £15k raised could do if it was simply donated to the orphanarium rather than spent on useless bureaucracy? Give many kids a better life that's for sure. Spending so much just to adopt one child is selfish imo, why not help them all?

Matt


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