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Question: Please choose one of the following for a donation.  (Voting closed: August 12, 2015, 00:01:00)
Cancer Research UK (United Kingdom) - 5 (17.2%)
Oxfam - 1 (3.4%)
PDSA - 4 (13.8%)
Railway Children - 16 (55.2%)
Mind - 3 (10.3%)
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« Reply #15 on: August 04, 2015, 20:25:04 »

Could I ask a mod to amend the poll title to remove the amount as it is ever changing.  Grin

Done!

On behalf of the admin/moderator team may I again express our thanks to those who have generously donated and to bignosemac for administering it.
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« Reply #16 on: August 04, 2015, 20:37:07 »

Mine will go in the morning
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« Reply #17 on: August 08, 2015, 21:21:47 »

A couple of days left to vote in the poll ( and/or contribute to the pot  Wink).

As soon as the poll closes I'll make the donation online to the winning charity.
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« Reply #18 on: August 08, 2015, 23:19:26 »

I understand that the pot now stands at ^100 - or GBP100 (our forum software seems to be scrambling posts which include ^ signs Embarrassed ).

This poll, as originally posted by bignosemac, was left open at 'three days from each latest post' - so I've now amended that, to set it a specific deadline, of midnight on 11 August 2015.

Please do vote and / or make a donation, if you haven't already - and our very grateful thanks to everyone who has already contributed!
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« Reply #19 on: August 09, 2015, 22:53:58 »

There has been some discussion, behind the scenes, as to how we set a specific closing date / time for this poll. It's not quite so simple, apparently. Roll Eyes

My humble apologies to bignosemac, for meddling with his topic - so I've now chucked a further fiver into the pot.  Lips sealed

Any more contributions, from any of our readers - before the deadline?  Wink
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« Reply #20 on: August 10, 2015, 22:04:51 »

Last couple of hours to vote before the poll closes.

Also, I'll accept any further pledges until 1pm tomorrow, 11th August 2015, to add to the pot. PM me for details of how to donate.

Tomorrow afternoon I shall make the lump sum donation to the winning charity then post here the confirmation.
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« Reply #21 on: August 11, 2015, 11:29:02 »

Voting has now closed.

The winning charity, Railway Children, will receive ^100 shortly. ^105 has been pledged but one donation won't come in until later this week. That additional ^5 will be forwarded to the charity later.

Thank you all who voted and special thanks to those who generously added to the pot.
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« Reply #22 on: August 11, 2015, 11:46:20 »

Thank you all who voted and special thanks to those who generously added to the pot.

Indeed - a big "Thank You" to those who contributed - and a huge thank you to YOU too for organising and administering this, BigNoseMac
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« Reply #23 on: August 11, 2015, 13:08:14 »

The donation has been made. Attached is the confirmation email from Railway Children.

Railway Children tweeted also: https://twitter.com/JustinMcAree/status/631075105750122497

I've also posted on the Railway Children Facebook page. The link, for those on Facebook, is: https://www.facebook.com/railwaychildren with my post in the 'Visitors Posts' section.
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« Reply #24 on: August 14, 2015, 11:27:52 »

The final fiver that was pledged has been transferred to Railway Children. Confirmation attached.
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« Reply #25 on: August 14, 2015, 17:57:39 »

Once again a big thank you for organising this BNM.  It has gone to a worthy charity  Wink Cheesy
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