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Gosh, am I the only one who can't wait to get stuck
into the second series of The
Apprentice? I was completely hooked last year and really happy to see all
around hard working good guy Tim
Campbell win the coveted job working for Sir Alan Sugar.
So what's
Tim up to now? In addition to working for Sir Alan he's also taking on a huge
challenge-- running the London Marathon for the NSPCC!
You can sponsor Tim
here. Go Tim go!
- Elizabeth
New developers that have started this week: 1 (Hi Martin!)
Charities
nominated by our lovely users since last weekend: 72
Charities joining
Justgiving in February so far: 76
Amusing press adverts referring to us in a
totally obvious way: 1
Members of the JG foldy bike club: 3
Foldy bikes
getting mud on Molly's desk at the moment: 2
Growth of Molly's plant:
6cm
Emails in helpdesk inbox today: 382
People who said my justgiving
t-shirt was cool and meant it: 4
People who said my justgiving t-shirt was
cool and didn't mean it: 27
JG employees who have blogged due to my vicious
threats last week: 0
JG employees who will be reprimanded today: 9
- Simon
It's a relatively quiet day here at JG towers, probably because Derrick 'the Destroyer' isn't in today, reducing ambient noise to an almost acceptable level. However Molly has been at the centre of all the action:
"The office is
like something out of the Little Shop of Horrors! I was busy chatting to a
charity on the phone when suddenly my plant attacked me and I screamed! Which
was a bit embarrassing.
The flowers had made it so top heavy that it fell
over. One stem snaped off and a bud from the other stem fell off. I’m so upset I
was so proud of it and now it’s in 3 bits."
And here's the
unfortunate photographic evidence:
And here's the grisly aftermath:
As you can see, Zarine's coffee cup now has an important new function.
While you're here, check out Michelle Thomas' marathon page for NCH. She's our fundraiser of the month and she's going to be on the telly soon!
Have a great weekend everyone...
- Simon
Jules was a bit shocked today during his photo uploads.
None other than Mark 'Rhino' Smith from the awesome mid-90s leotard-fest Gladiators has built one of our fancy London Marathon branded fundraising pages! He's taking part in his first marathon ever and is raising funds for Saving Faces. Sadly I don't think Jet is joining him but we all wish him the best of luck!
In other news Jonno has uploaded nearly thirty charities so far this month, marathon fundraising fever is truly upon us!
As you can see, Rhino isn't a fan of shirts so I'd go and sponsor him if I was you...
- Simon
If you've been reading the London Metro recently you
might've come across the story of Jules Segal-- an ordinary guy who is currently
on a quest to meet and greet 500 (yes 500!) celebrities.
His challenge,
unsurprisingly, came from an idea hatched during a night at the pub with his
friend Michael, who dared him to contact 500 celebs to see if they would be
available for a meet and greet photo-op. The two came up with a list of 500 who
they'd like to meet and then it got serious-- Michael bet Jules that he couldn't
meet 20% (or 100 of the 500 celebs) between the 1st of July and the 14th of
Feburary.
Jules took up the challenge and also made it into a fundraiser
for RNIB-- he asks the celebs for items that he can add to a charity auction at
the end of the project. And he's set up a fundraising page where you
can sponsor his quest. He's got 11 days left to hit the target-- good luck
Jules!
You can follow Jules' progress on his Greeting the 500 Blog-- and you
can sponsor him on his Justgiving fundraising page.
- Elizabeth
Our Fundraiser of the Month for February is Michelle Thomas.
In a desire to get fit and totally change her lifestyle, Michelle is going to run the Flora London Marathon on April 23. What's more, she's going to be part of a BBC documentary following 16 marathon runners as they go from never having run to hopefully completing the famous 26.2 mile route.
Read her story here. Visit her page and sponsor her 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 Michelle, from everyone here at JG Towers!
