Sorry to rain on your parade, but I get heartily sick of fund raising by being paid to have fun. It's grown to the point where there is an assumption that any irregular sporting event is for fund raising.
A few months ago, doing some cycling in Nth Qld, I asked to use a shower in a caravan park and the manager asked me what I was raising funds for. What? I was out enjoying the warmth and scenery. Why would anybody think it was for charity?
Have a mass sail if that's what you want to do, and reach into your own pocket to pay for research projects, but if you want donors, how about doing something useful that otherwise doesn't get done.
Maybe pick up rubbish along the roads, or go along and assist weeding and restoration of bushland. Give an old poor person or a cripple a hand with a little task or three.

Kill 2 birds with 1 stone, then go out for your own pleasure

Mr Milk said...
Sorry to rain on your parade, but I get heartily sick of fund raising by being paid to have fun. It's grown to the point where there is an assumption that any irregular sporting event is for fund raising.
A few months ago, doing some cycling in Nth Qld, I asked to use a shower in a caravan park and the manager asked me what I was raising funds for. What? I was out enjoying the warmth and scenery. Why would anybody think it was for charity?
Have a mass sail if that's what you want to do, and reach into your own pocket to pay for research projects, but if you want donors, how about doing something useful that otherwise doesn't get done.
Maybe pick up rubbish along the roads, or go along and assist weeding and restoration of bushland. Give an old poor person or a cripple a hand with a little task or three.

Kill 2 birds with 1 stone, then go out for your own pleasure

I agree to a point. I think these days there is so many people doing stuff for charity and thats great but sometimes it just gets a bit too much. If I donated to every tin shaker or door knocker I would be broke. And its not just sick kids its the enviroment or breast cancer and dont get me wrong, again all for the good of the comunity. But its getting to the point of over kill and thats a shame.
I think milk is onto it tbh. How about clean up the freeway get teams, get sponsers etc as you would and kill the two birds with one stone.

cesarphysio said...

Guys,

Cesar here from Melbourne.

Im organising a big fundraise for Cancer Research as a tribute to my mother who recently passed and in memory of all those who are battling cancer every day.

Cheers

Cesar

Show some respect guy's ffs

Sure as much as I'm allowed to disagree with it,end of discussion.

Im not saying people cant have an opinion, just show some respect to others who have seen what the other side of cancer sufferers is. My family went through pain and agony to get through the terrible tragedy of cancer.

People do have a right to an opinion, but when someone goes through cancer in your family dont come bitching to us, when the doctors say they do not have enough money to research cures.

deejay8204 said...Im not saying people cant have an opinion, just show some respect to others who have seen what the other side of cancer sufferers is. My family went through pain and agony to get through the terrible tragedy of cancer.

So... have you offered to be Cesar's support crew? Or to mow his lawn while he grieves his personal loss?

deejay8204 said...People do have a right to an opinion, but when someone goes through cancer in your family dont come bitching to us, when the doctors say they do not have enough money to research cures.

Mr Milk hasn't been bitching, just querying how others have their fun paid for them through the guise of 'charity'. So many ascents of Everest, many bicycle rides around Oz have all been kitted up by showing sponsors how charitable a cause may be, rather than revealing the true reason for the moment - and always sold as 'look how long I will suffer in the elements for'.

DJ8204; you may come bitching to me (and you have here, already) about the likes of State governments sponsoring motor-racing, instead of guiding those millions to medical research.

Sorry to steer back on topic....
Cesarphysio,I'm from the "dark side" (ie windsurfing) but I reckon kiting accross the bay is a great idea....you get to do something you are passionate about , and raise awareness and funds for cancer research. How can that be anything but good??
Go for it, fair breezes and good luck!!
Mick

Tough crowd.

62mac said...
I agree,he is doing this in honour of his just passed mother,go for it and doggie stop jumping on the negative bandwagon.Yeh dog go the reds mate you got nothing pow!

Its called an opinion like I said before, go jump in a shallow lake ffs