O/T but needing help......Theres a bit of rugby here though!

Quote: CHEWIE7 "The jump has been paid for by the NGVFA already (£240....i believe)....I have covered that on a seperate sponsor form. The remainder of the cash raised on this form is gonna be shared equally between the 'Life For A Kid Foundation' and the NGVFA.
All the proceeds on the just giving page will go to the NGVFA.....NONE of this money will 'leak into the system' like a lot of the 'other' big Gulf/Afgan charity lets happen. Gift aid is used to the max with the NGVFA......They believe that the UK Government fleece enough from every nook and cranny anyway.....so the veterans get every available penny needed to give 'em standard of life they deserve.
For example.......I met one of these guys on New Years Eve....he was out with our party. He was given 'anti nerve gas' drugs during the first Gulf war.....he also experienced Blue on Blue fire first hand (or friendly fire to us)......He is a sound fella, getting on with life as a plumber in Warrington these days....THANKS TO THE HELP OF THIS CHARITY.......Before that.....he was on suicide watch!!! There are thousands of men and women in the same boat......I just see that if jumping out of a plane can help 'em, considering what they have been through.....then its an easy task. I just wanna raise as much as I can and make myself proud of my achievment !!!!'"

Thanks Chewie, I asked because a friend did a similar jump about ten years ago and by the time "deductions" had been made there wasn't a lot left for the charity, this sounds much better organised and it's good that you are doing such a brave thing (hmmm, is it brave or daft to voluntarily jump out of a perfectly good airoplane??!), as soon as I am in a position to do so you can count on some support from us.