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Sponsorship for *soop's* son.

(67 Posts)
soop Thu 26-Jul-12 16:44:15

Geraldine has said that I may post the following -

On September 14th, my son, Matt Warren, will be abseiling from the roof of St Pancras Station. He is endeavoring to raise donations for the Royal Marines Charitable Trust Fund. His father served in the Royal Marines. It would please me no end if just a few of you lovely lot would care to support him. The website for donating online is -
www.justgiving.com/Matt-Warren0

nanaej Fri 14-Sep-12 18:05:18

Great photo! Go Matt go!

Butternut Fri 14-Sep-12 17:56:21

smile soop. Good for Matt!

soop Fri 14-Sep-12 16:00:13

So, my son is blushing with pleasure from so many lovely comments. He thanks you all for being so VERY kind. flowers to everyone who has supported him. OGM and J.A. [do not know your GN name] A very big hug. smile

Oldgreymare Thu 13-Sep-12 19:30:23

Just done, glad he wasn't up there when I came through last week, I have no head for heights and watching someone up high has the same effect....blush

Greatnan Thu 13-Sep-12 19:23:01

What a smasher! (That dates me!)

glassortwo Thu 13-Sep-12 19:18:33

soop he gets his good looks from you.

Ella46 Thu 13-Sep-12 19:10:12

He really looks like you soop.....those eyes!!

Anagram Thu 13-Sep-12 18:29:46

www.midsussextimes.co.uk/news/local/matt-abseils-from-st-pancras-for-royal-marines-commandos-1-4225352

(to make it a bit easier!)

johanna Thu 13-Sep-12 18:24:20

www.midsussextimes.co.uk
Type abseil St.Pancras in the search box, and hey presto.. there is Matt.

Must warn you ladies, he is veeeeerrrrrryyyyy handsome!

Good luck Matt.

soop Thu 13-Sep-12 16:48:13

Can't wait to tell him what you said, Greatnan. Back soon grin

Greatnan Thu 13-Sep-12 16:41:37

He is to us!

soop Thu 13-Sep-12 16:33:18

Greatnan Well, I doubt it. Matt is no celeb... wink

Greatnan Thu 13-Sep-12 16:08:07

I wonder if it will be televised,Soop?

Ella46 Thu 13-Sep-12 16:05:09

Good luck Matt, don't look down!! flag

Anagram Thu 13-Sep-12 15:41:17

All in a good cause! Good luck Matt! flag

soop Thu 13-Sep-12 15:36:15

Ana the online donations are doing famously. The other contributors have yet to come from various sources. A rough calculation is a total of just over £5000, which is half way.

soop Thu 13-Sep-12 15:30:39

You lot never cease to amaze me. Matt has emailed to say a big thankyou to Granny23 and Nanadog ...and it's a huge warm thank you from me.

My ex husband and his partner will be there to support Matt. We'll be phoned shortly after and hear all about it. Week tomorrow, family gathering at middle son's home in Rutland. Very excited. We have fun. Wee Man could prove to be a handful if allowed at St Pancras. Would almost certainly finish up on Eurostar...in the driver's cab. grin

Anagram Thu 13-Sep-12 15:22:25

Glad the fund's gone up so much since I last looked, soop! Hope it's not too windy for Matt tomorrow! smile

glassortwo Thu 13-Sep-12 15:06:54

Good luck Matt, just as well your too far away to see soop smile

Marelli Thu 13-Sep-12 14:54:29

Oh - it's tomorrow, soop! Good luck, Matt! smile

soop Thu 13-Sep-12 14:53:40

smile smile smile

Nanadogsbody Thu 13-Sep-12 14:48:09

Just found this thread. It was originally posted before I came to GN. Good luck to Matt. flag

Littlenellie Thu 13-Sep-12 14:26:43

Good luck for tomorrow Matt flag

soop Thu 13-Sep-12 14:00:44

Matt throws himself off abseils from the roof of St Pancras Station tomorrow lunch time. His fundraising effort is continuing to reap rewards. So far, thanks to support from Gransnet members, The Lady readers, villagers hereabouts, an article in the Telegraph and the just giving website he's raised £5019.01. Efforts to reach the target of £10,000 will continue until Christmas. I'm very grateful to you lot and, what's more, I'm proud of him. smile flag

soop Mon 06-Aug-12 10:35:12

Matt sent following text yesterday...'Huge appreciation for ongoing generous support from Gransnetters.' And another thank you from me xxx