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01-25-2010, 10:30 PM #1Aspiring Evangelist
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London Boy, 7, Raises £130,000 for Haiti Cause - Amazing!
A seven-year-old west London boy has now raised more than £130,000 for Haiti quake victims in a sponsored bike ride.
Charlie Simpson, from Fulham, had hoped to raise £500 by cycling five miles (8km) around South Park on Sunday for Unicef's relief efforts in Haiti.
A day after his five-mile ride Charlie said: "My legs are a bit sore after the ride, but it was really fun."
His effort led to donations pouring in on the JustGiving website from as far away as New Zealand and Hong Kong.
Charlie, who went back to school earlier, is still unaware of how much he has raised but Unicef said he will be told when he visits its office later.
Charlie's father Dan Simpson said: "We cannot believe the incredible response from the UK public.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/e...on/8478244.stm
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01-25-2010, 11:38 PM #2Disabled
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Great initiative from the 7 year old..:-)
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01-25-2010, 11:41 PM #3Web Hosting Guru
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Kudo's to him, I wonder if he understands how much of an impact that money will have.
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01-25-2010, 11:42 PM #4Web Hosting Master
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Wow that is just incredible. Very impressive to see a 7 year old child ride a bike that long.
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01-25-2010, 11:51 PM #5Web Hosting Master
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01-26-2010, 12:39 PM #6Junior Guru
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Kudos to the boy and Kudos to the people who have helped his initiative.
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01-26-2010, 12:42 PM #7WHT Addict
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Well done, that is amazing!
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01-26-2010, 01:34 PM #8Web Hosting Master
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Nice Job. Really amazing.
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01-26-2010, 01:38 PM #9Web Hosting Master
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Well he has raised more money allready.. total so far £153,256.45
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01-26-2010, 01:53 PM #10Evenly Divided
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Good job little man! Nice job!!!
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01-26-2010, 08:38 PM #11An Awesome Dude
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Very good of him to do this!!
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01-26-2010, 08:47 PM #12Disabled
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Wow! Looks like god is on the side of Haiti and this boy!
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An amazing response from the public - kudos to him for doing this.
And the amount donated is still rising! As of right now, £192,273.78.█ Ben Thomas, Director - BTCentral Web Development Services
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01-30-2010, 07:14 PM #14WHT Addict
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I don't know if it is just times that are changing, but I don't remember all this effort back when the tsunami hit in 2004.
I mean obviously there was a lot of support, but nowhere near the amount for this earthquake, such as the celebrity phone center, charity music single and popularity with other celebrities. Strange.█ Thank You :: John Davies, || Learn how to install WordPress in 5 minutes
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01-30-2010, 07:33 PM #16WHT Addict
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Don't get me wrong, I'm not knocking what people did to aid the people in 2004, it just seems that celebrities and the rich people are doing more for Haiti, whereas in 2004, it was just the charities and public from around the world coming and helping, whereas with this disaster, governments seem to be getting involved etc.
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01-30-2010, 07:43 PM #17Disabled
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Heard about it few days ago, it was astoshing!
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