As most of you might have read in the thread "Help Needed" I need to find £5000 for drugs to treat a brain tumour due to the fact that the NHS in my area dont subscibe it.

So I was thinking that maybe I could do some sort of sponsored event to raise the cash, now taking into account that I'm not really at peak condition, I was wondering can anyone think of something I can do ( and barring the usual drink till you drop )

If I can come up with the cash it means that when I have the operation to remove the tumor I(have a 90% chance that the op WON'T effect my eyesight without the drug it goes down to 55%.
What the drug does is calcify the tumor to make extraction a lot easier and considering that it on my visual cortex you can see why the op is so tricky.

Any ideas within reason

If you find a local bike shop in your area, explain your situation, I'd bet they would be glad to help you out in your area. I don't know your location, but since the currency you listed was pounds, I HOPE EVERY AMERICAN reads this guys letter and his delima. Government run healthcare IS NOT the answer to our problems.

I agree with that one! But I also agree with contacting your local chapters of riders groups. Most likely through the local dealership. Explain your situation and I am sure that they could organize a benefit poker run, auction, or rodeo to help raise money.

errr not a lot of chapters where I live :(

and HogHaven NHS is quite good 99% of the time

Talk to g, maybe he can help ya get started. He has taken on a fundraising mission fer one of his friends and I'm sure has learned a lot as to the in's and out's of fundraisings and would be willing to pass on any info that may be helpful and he's in yer neck of the woods in Scotland; besides that he's a NUMBER 1 A OK Brother ( A bit of a goober) but A OK...LOL. Also check with local hospitals, charity orginazations, TV/Radio stations, do internet searches through the various search engines pertaining to yer disease and see if ya can find some help there. Hope you find the answer Bro.

Gotta agree with the others though; don't care how much care NHS renders; It ain't the ticket, if it was then all the rich elitist, politicians of the international community wouldn't be coming to America to have their medical needs taken care of...JMHO...Best to ya man, praying all will be well.

NumberGuy what if you gave us your address (if you don't have a problem with that) and we could send you items from the United States, so you could have like a yard sale. I'm not talking like junk type items, but upper end items that could bring some real money. Not just bike stuff but items from each state in America. Just roll it around in your head for a while and let us know. I have some very cool stuff I could send, and I know others would help as well.

That's a great idea Dragon, but don't you think the shipping would cut out a lot of profit.. maybe it could be post something of value on Ebay that the proceeds would go toward helping him. Just a thought.

Been thinking about how I could do this myself and have started to print bumper/fenderstickers basicaly I can take any photo and a message and print them on the sticker.

for example:





I can even do t-shirts transfers with whatever picture and text you want.........

Love the bumper stickers. I'd be happy to order some.

u have a few gid things up and flying about ...i like the stickers n t-shirt idea .£5000 is a fair bit o cash bro ,u can do whit im doing .....have a fun night at the pub ,have a camp trip and charge folks about £5 for the night have a bit of live music at the camp site .then have a family fun day .....u can do all theis over one weekend ,see if their is a local charity that can help then u can hand out some charity tins and u can make it an organised run for bikers and charge £5 per bike ...loads u can do .but u cant rush this ,take ur time ,and dont give up like i almost did a few times ...good luck bro ,pm if u need any help with this .

well I'm not long outta the forces and as such don't know a lot of people here and I done a search for local bike clubs and came up empty. All I need is people to spread the word about the stickers and T-Shirt transfers and I could raise the amount in no time.

Stickers are 8" x 2"

$4-00 + $2.00 postage
£3.00 + £1.50

Transfers are 10" x 8"
$6.00 + $2.00
£4.00 + £1.50

all payments to made through PayPal to keep everything safe and legal

Payments to be made to numberguy(at)hotmail(dot)com

sure the folks in northern irland wid help .see if ur local bike shop can sell some of the stickers n t-shirts for u bro ..??

ahh good idea, got 1 local bike shop the rest are pretty far away, it's a bit small but hey if I sell just a few then that's less money to worry about.

Thanks G

Good News

Just got a cheque for £2500 from my old Platoon wooooot

Numb is a HAPPY HAPPY BUNNY

I like the bumper stickers....let me know it you go with them

I don't think you were around the CF Family when I started the Bikers for a Safer Society concept.......check out below what it is about and what the patch looks like.

all I need is people to send me a pic of their bike (or whatever they want added) , highest res the better and what text they want added. Then I can start the work.

Yea sure you sent me some and I ended up having to get more printed due to demand.

One of the best things ever.

There is nothing like being hated..........by the BAD GUYS
Dragon and Jesse will Rock the BAD GUYS World !!!

How does that grab ya?

aye ,dragon's a top bloke he's sure to help u dude .