Christmas Charity Fundraiser 2014: Poll 1

[dbgtz]

i wanted to explain why i was suggesting/voting for the charity and this is why i opened up and gave everyone a little insight into how it has effected my mum but this by no means should be the sole reason anyone votes for it! my intention wasn't to make people feel sorry for me and vote because they do, it was to bring awareness to the charity and how vile and life ruining crohn's disease is. i felt that if i had just posted a link to the charity website and said what it's about, it would have been ignored or not as supported, like previous years i have done this so i thought it was time to sort of explain a bit about how it personally effects me

Not sure why you're saying this to me? I wasn't making any kind of judgement on your post, I was just saying simply voting just because somebody is passionate about it because it affects their life is a weak reason to vote it. Every single one of these charities will have many people passionate for them.

[Empired]

I voted for MND Association as I think this is a horrible disease and the charity deserves the funds.

And, of course, I voted for Parkinson's UK as it has had a direct effect on my life. Not to mention I can be sure that donations will be put to good use.

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I really want it to be the chrons charity.
Paige is so so so passionate about it, I know a lot of others are passionate about theirs too, but I don't want this to just be a random pick.
People should definitely read up on why Paige nominated her charity if they don't know which to vote for!

As others have said plenty of other people are extremely passionate about other charities on this forum.

I've stated that Parkinson's UK is very close to my heart and could easily go through my story but I really hate talking about it. Just because one person decided to voice their story doesn't mean it's the only one out there. Don't get me wrong I'm not saying don't vote for Paige's charity, I'm just saying you should vote because you know this charity will put a lot of the money to good use towards a good cause, not because someone else once made a passionate post.

Basically I'm just trying to say do the research. And remember that just because the charity is working towards a good cause doesn't mean all the money gets put there.

[Tyler]

Please vote Cancer Research UK. Help change Millions of lives

[Paige.]

Not sure why you're saying this to me? I wasn't making any kind of judgement on your post, I was just saying simply voting just because somebody is passionate about it because it affects their life is a weak reason to vote it. Every single one of these charities will have many people passionate for them.

because you said:

Surely there's more to making a choice than picking because someone relates to and is passionate about it...

and i wanted people to know that i wasn't trying to say people should vote for the charity because i'm personally effected and such, i was trying to raise awareness and hoping that if i posted my personal experience it would give people an insight into what the disease is like and things if they didn't have the time or didn't want to do further research as i know it's the sad truth hardly anyone will take the time to actually look into each of the charities before voting
i agree that you shouldn't vote just because someone on the forum is linked/effected by the charity without actually knowing anything about the charity or the others
if the people passionate about the charities really are then everyone will see that if they have fought even a bit for their charity to win the vote

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i don't know why people are seeing tom's post in the wrong way really, i feel like he was just showing that he supports crohn's and colitis uk and i definitely don't think he in anyway meant that you should just read up on my charity and none of the others... he clearly was stating which he supports and for you to read up on why you perhaps should too? if you support a charity you'd obviously be saying you should read up about what they do and everything whereas he is directing you to where i have tried explaining why i think it deserves the vote

[scottish]

i don't know why people are seeing tom's post in the wrong way really, i feel like he was just showing that he supports crohn's and colitis uk and i definitely don't think he in anyway meant that you should just read up on my charity and none of the others... he clearly was stating which he supports and for you to read up on why you perhaps should too? if you support a charity you'd obviously be saying you should read up about what they do and everything whereas he is directing you to where i have tried explaining why i think it deserves the vote

people should definitely read up on why Paige nominated her charity if they don't know which to vote for!

what.

[Paige.]

i just want you all to know, well the people who are supporting crohn's and colitis uk, that i just linked my mum to this thread to show her what is being done (like what habbox does each year as i think it's lovely) because i thought it would be nice for her to see how much support it's getting (also i think she's being supported too as she has to go through with it and it's becoming more known, well on here anyway) and she started crying and i was like mum... why are you crying? and she said because people actually do care (well she said because people actually do give a **** but)
thank you for making her feel this way, like i've said before i can't thank you enough D:

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what.

notice i said 'meant' not 'typed'... i'm aware he said that but i don't think he meant it that way, he just worded it wrong :rolleyes_
he was just supporting me fgs, saying people should read up and see why we have voted for it
did he say read up on why paige nominated her charity but don't read up on any others? no

[Chippiewill]

Voted Dogs Trust for the lols. Everyone else should vote for crohn's and colitis though.

[FlyingJesus]

fight fight fight

[Samantha]

Voted MND Association, Alzheimer's Society and Crohn's and Colitis UK.

[e5]

Dogs trust x