7 year old raises £40,000 for Hati

[nat965]

Wow, one heck of a 7 year old....


A seven-year-old boy from west London has raised more than £40,000 for the Haiti earthquake relief effort by organising a charity cycle ride.

Charlie Simpson, from Fulham, plans to cycle five miles (8km) around South Park near his home later to raise funds for Unicef's earthquake appeal.

The fundraising total outstripped his initial £500 goal after he put an appeal on the JustGiving website.

Unicef thanked him "on behalf of the many children in Haiti".

On his JustGiving page, Charlie said: "I want to do a sponsored bike ride for Haiti because there was a big earthquake and loads of people have lost their lives.

"I want to make some money to buy food, water and tents for everyone in Haiti.Mods: if i posted in the wrong forum please move it :)


Moved by Syko2006 (Forum Moderator): From 'Discuss Anything' as it's better situated here. :)

[syko2006]

Wow, that's quite alot.

Do you have a link to the website of that for more information? :D

[kk.]

So far he's beat his target by 13356% :O!

Well done :)

http://www.justgiving.com/CharlieSimpson-HAITI

[syko2006]

Thanks Josh. :D

That's a big percentage, well done to the boy! :D

[hah]

Raised so far: £67,147.52

more than 40,000 now

well done to him tbh

[kk.]

Gone up like £500 since I posted the %! :o

[Pix]

well done to the lil fella, his parents must be proud

[Seatherny]

Raised so far: £69,933.54

Truly amazing.

[Alkaz]

Owow impressive fella!

[Nicolexo]

Wow, one amazing child..

[,Lexiilu]

So Shines A Good Deed In A Weary World Donation by Beth 24/01/10
£500.00 + £141.03 Gift Aid

thats insane. well done to you charlie, you're doing an absolutely amazing thing, and whoever this beth woman is...she's an absolutely amazing woman. wow. that is a lot of money that she donated right there...to an absolutely amazing cause.

this boy is incredible.

[Black_Apalachi]

Simply inspirational.

[Ardemax]

and he's 7?!!?

wow, I can see him getting an award at the end of the year

pride of britain, is that it?

[GommeInc]

At this rate, it's going to be more than £100,000 (it's just over £90,000 now).

Very inspirational work :)

[wiktoria]

Wow that is a lot!

[dirrty]

At this rate, it's going to be more than £100,000 (it's just over £90,000 now).

Very inspirational work :)
yeah, it's £100,344.00 atm. bloody hell that's a lot raised lol.

[Ardemax]

this is just getting more and more incredible

maybe he might meet the queen :O:O

[Dinosaurawrr]

wow that is fantastic and such a amazing thing to do for a boy sso young
amazing x

[scottish]

110k now lol

[hah]

Target: £500.00
Raised so far: £113,971.07

22794%

[MrGazet]

that is really awesome

[Wig44.]

Target: £500.00
Raised so far: £129,942.22
25988%

Holy **** it doesn't stop increasing!

[Smits]

He's taken advantage of the chrisis and that website.

I mean its amazing what he's doing, but without that website and the current chrisis in haiti, he wouldnt of got that much.

[Sly]

i donated £1.50 but no1 puts me in the news :(

[Black_Apalachi]

He's taken advantage of the chrisis and that website.

I mean its amazing what he's doing, but without that website and the current chrisis in haiti, he wouldnt of got that much.

You mean without the charity website? That's what the money is for... :S *REMOVED*

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[Jordan:A]

Bloody hell £130,898.22 and like 26180%
I think hes reached his target of £500

[kk.]

You mean without the charity website? That's what the money is for... :S Anyway, I bet he can spell 'crisis' even at seven years of age.

LOL exactly.
It's not the fact that he's 'exploiting' the crisis, if you call it that. It's the generosity of people. They want to give so they may as well give through here. At Lear you know your moneys going to UNICEF, and you get gift aid.

[[Jay]]

Wow well done to the kid and well done to evryone whos giving.

[Ardemax]

just a few more pennies until his target...... of world domination that is JK lol

[Nicola]

That's amazing :) a true inspiration.

[hah]

Target: £500.00
Raised so far: £152,649.45

#:O:O:O

[AgnesIO]

Already up over a £1000 since you posted graham :D

[Sunny.]

Target: £500.00
Raised so far: £154,889.50

Now thts pretty impressive

[CrazyColaist]

wow what a greatful child. should get a reward from the queen or summat.

[Arron]

this kid should be on The Pride of Britain Awards next year for this. 155 raised so far, this is amazing.

[dbgtz]

Tbh if it was just for a normal charity it wouldn't have reached that.

[kk.]

Tbh if it was just for a normal charity it wouldn't have reached that.

and your point is..?

[dbgtz]

I don't get why people called it amazing. Some fat ass 40 year old could do it, get the same money and it would be nothing special.

[Smits]

You mean without the charity website? That's what the money is for... :S *REMOVED*

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A bit touchy arn't you, anyway, you completely missed the point of my post.


LOL exactly.
It's not the fact that he's 'exploiting' the crisis, if you call it that. It's the generosity of people. They want to give so they may as well give through here. At Lear you know your moneys going to UNICEF, and you get gift aid.

As did you, i never said he's exploiting it.



Tbh if it was just for a normal charity it wouldn't have reached that.

At least you speak sense.

This is all i said, if it wasnt for the disaster, he wouldn't of got anywhere near that amount. Nobodies donating because of the fact he's 7 or he;s riding around a park, it's because of haiti.

Like i said, well done to him anyway.

[Titch]

Nearly 200k

* Total raised online: £161,343.80 Gift Aid plus supplement: £37,036.62

[kk.]

I don't get why people called it amazing. Some fat ass 40 year old could do it, get the same money and it would be nothing special.
the difference is that its a 7 year old kid..

A bit touchy arn't you, anyway, you completely missed the point of my post.



As did you, i never said he's exploiting it.




At least you speak sense.

This is all i said, if it wasnt for the disaster, he wouldn't of got anywhere near that amount. Nobodies donating because of the fact he's 7 or he;s riding around a park, it's because of haiti.

Like i said, well done to him anyway.
yes it is for the disaster, and people are donating more because hes a 7 year old. he wouldnt have done it if it wasnt for the earthquake.

[[Chris]]

Thats impressive.

Kudos to him :)

[HotelUser]

;6264590']Thats impressive.

Kudos to him :)

I have absolutely no idea how he managed to raise so much money but it's awesome. That's like $80,000 USD :O

[Black_Apalachi]

... This is all i said, if it wasnt for the disaster, he wouldn't of got anywhere near that amount. Nobodies donating because of the fact he's 7 or he;s riding around a park, it's because of haiti.

Like i said, well done to him anyway.

LMAO don't try and sweet talk your way out of an utterly terrible comment! :L

If you want to be pedantic, you said he is taking advantage of the disaster but Josh wasn't far off with 'exploiting'. You also said if it wasn't for the disaster he wouldn't have made that much money. HELLO? If it wasn't for the disaster, he wouldn't be doing it in the first place! And the fact that such a young child is doing something so remarkable will have a huge effect on inspiring people to donate, actually.

[kk.]

I have absolutely no idea how he managed to raise so much money but it's awesome. That's like $80,000 USD :O

It's actually more like $250000-$300000 isn't it?

[scottish]

It's actually more like $250000-$300000 isn't it?

hes thinking the 40k didnt read rest of it :P

[kk.]

I realised that when I'd seen someone had replied :P

[HotelUser]

hes thinking the 40k didnt read rest of it :P

I'm a failure :(

[Smits]

LMAO don't try and sweet talk your way out of an utterly terrible comment! :L

If you want to be pedantic, you said he is taking advantage of the disaster but Josh wasn't far off with 'exploiting'. You also said if it wasn't for the disaster he wouldn't have made that much money. HELLO? If it wasn't for the disaster, he wouldn't be doing it in the first place! And the fact that such a young child is doing something so remarkable will have a huge effect on inspiring people to donate, actually.

Sweet talk my way out? Don't make me laugh. I mean you obviously get really hyped up about this stuff, perhaps you should consider replicating his great bicycle ride.

The fact is, without haiti, doing the same thing for any other chairty, he wouldnt get anywhere near as much. If you want to get all excited over this then go ahead. I mean yeh, he's done well and grats to him, but it's not that big of a deal really.

[Black_Apalachi]

Yeah make me sound like the bad guy while you keep belittling a poor child who is doing an amazing thing. Btw, keep an eye on the Report Repuation thread so you know when you can revange rep me again :wink_blue

[Catchy]

i wud of kept da money ;l

[scottish]

i wud of kept da money ;l

its on a charity site, he sees none of that money lol

[Catchy]

did it say he cycled 5 miles? That's nuffin................... I walk more than tht some days..

[scottish]

did u wen u wer 7?

do a sponsor 5 mile walk then maybe u'll get a fiver

[Catchy]

no i walk alot, how do you think i stay in shape! gosh x

[adaym]

no i walk alot, how do you think i stay in shape! gosh x
how do you walk? swinging hips and clicking fingers?

shuffling your feet? dj otzi style?

[Wig44.]

did it say he cycled 5 miles? That's nuffin................... I walk more than tht some days..

The kid is 7. And he is innocent with no intention of stealing any of the money, you are neither - stop being a fool.

[hannah-8909]

wow. bless him.