Archive for May, 2006

3 Screens?!

Hello Blogland.

It’s been a while. We’ve been busy. Too busy probably,
but we LOVE it.

Firstly, here’s a picture of Will at his desk:

Will

No, you’re not hallucinating. He’s got three screens. Yes, that’s right. Three.
3. A trio.

Acccusations that he’s trying to make up for something else
are apparently all unfounded, but we shall continue to investigate. Will no
longer has a desk, he now has an ‘array’.

On a more serious note, we held
the first Justgiving seminar for ages, which was all about our new SMS service

We held it at RIBA, which I fully recommend as a fantastic
venue and about 180 or so charity folk came down to hear Phil,
James v2.0, the awesome
John Darnbrough
and myself explaining the joy of SMS, as well as what’s been
going on in the world of mobile advertising and marketing. Suits were donned,
coffee was consumed by the bucketful, powerpoint was given a heavy workout and
everyone seemed to go away with some new ideas. Job well done to
all.

Charles is back as our tester and is doing a great job. James v2.0
is getting used to the number of emails he now gets. Tom is still on a mountain
in Scotland somewhere. Andy’s getting married and survived his stag do. Mike,
our helpdesk temp has swelled the gaggle of bikes in the kitchen. More charities
have joined in May than in the run-up months of the London Marathon, which is
amazing considering that was always our busiest time of year.

Roll on
summer!

- Simon

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Long walks in horrible weather…

Does it really feel like late May? Shouldn’t we be
sunning ourselves in the park yet? I guess not.

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I really can’t imagine wanting to go on a trek this week, what with the rain and
the wind, but it’s not stopping Len and Jen Kirley, who are taking on the epic
journey from Lands End to John O’ Groats in this miserable weather. Their son,
Mark, got in touch to tell us about their trek. They are raising money for the
Cystic Fibrosis Trust in honour of Mark’s daughter, Erin, who was diagnosed with
CF last year.

Len and Jen are averaging about 18 miles per day
(everyday) and are over half-way through their trip. They started on 24-April
and aim to finish on, or near, 22-June. You can sponsor them at http://www.justgiving.com/jenlen

They
are also keeping a real-time blog by using their mobile phones– so you can see
photos of where they are and leave them a message – check it out here: http://www.mythreewebsite.co.uk/19696

Speaking
of long walks, Justgiving’s own Tom M-P has escaped from the office this week in
order to trek Scotland- from Inverness to Fort William, to be exact. Him and his
GF are planning to camp every night after a long wander…fingers crossed that
the rain dies down and they get some sunshine along the way!

- Elizabeth

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So did they make it to the finish?

If you were wondering what happened to those brave
souls who let the BBC film them while they trained for the London Marathon you
can find out by reading
more here
. I thought it was a bit poor that the BBC didn’t even see fit to
write about them after the race, having followed them for months, so I tracked
down a video of their big day and have given you some edited highlights. You
can read it here
.

Incredibly they all made it to the finish – and I
bet none of them will ever forget that feeling as they crossed the line. Relief
and pride doesn’t come close to summing it up!

Well done to them all -
and a fantastic fundraising effort. Together they raised £67,000! Remember you
can STILL SPONSOR THEM on the Justgiving site – follow the links in the
article.

- Caroline

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Robbie

Robbie

Last week we said goodbye to our
friendly, flame-haired tester and tech support guru, the lovely Robbie P. The
Robster is now soaking up the sun in his native Capetown, South Africa, just
when it’s starting to get nice here in London.

Robbie, you’ll be missed– good luck
with your new life in the Southern Hemisphere!

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Fundraisers of the month, May 2006

Our Fundraisers of the Month for May are Calumn Twaddle and Duncan Stickle.

Calumn Twaddle was three when his mother died of breast cancer. Now he’s 11 and he and his
friend Duncan Stickle are dragging their dads on a 200-mile cycle ride through
the north of  Scotland to raise money for Cancer Research UKCalumn_duncan_large

Read their story here. Visit their page and sponsor them here.

If you want to nominate someone as a future Fundraiser of the Month, please drop us an email at community@justgiving.com or post details in our forum.

Good luck lads, from everyone here at JG Towers!

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