110 PRIVATE HIRE AND TAXI MONTHLY
MAY 2009 CHARITY.. FROM RED TO BALD IN 60 SECONDS!
Nick Dunkley, a mem- ber of the Sales Team at Bernard Mansell in Northampton,
spent
one evening dying his full head of dark spiky hair
to Bemused peroxide
blonde! This caused quite a stir from his work
his
colleag ues! by
actions and with Comic Relief approaching the following day, staff at Bernard Mansell per- suaded him to dye his hair red that night. Returning to work with his freshly dyed bright red hair, everyone was suitably impressed and visitors highly amused. This wasn’t enough for his work colleag ues and they were secretly plotting for him to shave his red hair off and venture into bald- ness (something he dreads happening for real) for the Comic
PETERBOROUGH FUND-RAISERS’ HELP FOR QUAKE VICTIMS
Relief charity. Steve Ponting, Manag- ing Director at Bernard Mansell, proceeded to contact
suppl iers,
local businesses and in fact anyone tha t came onto the premis- es to sponsor Nick to go bald. After a few days Nick’s hair was turning to a lovely shade of pink! Final ly, after raising over £400 for Comic Relief and surrendering to his hounding col- leagues, cameras and video recorders kicked into action. Lesley Young, Office Adminis- trator
at Bernard
Mansell, set about Nick’s head with the clippers. After only a short time, Nick’s full head of pink hair was no longer and the deed was done! Nick is still waiting for the return of his hair!
KIND FARNBOROUGH CABBIE DIGS DEEP TO DONATE 50P A FARE
A cabbie from Farnbor- ough is donating some of his takings to the Surrey Air Ambulance. Dave Hooker decided to act when he heard that the air ambulance receives no government funding and depends on donations to stay afloat. He began last month by donating 50p of every fare over £5 and carry- ing a jar for passengers who want to donate. Mr Hooker, 52 told the Aldershot News that
most people were giv- ing more than 50p on top of their fares. He visited the air ambu- lance base in Dunsfold Park near Cranleigh. “There’s so much equipment there and I couldn’t believe it’s all paid for by donations,” Mr Hooker told the Aldershot News. For more information on the air ambulance, visit the website www.
surreyairambulance.co. uk.
HAIR TODAY, GONE TOMORROW...
Brave Preston taxi driv- ers shaved their heads and waxed various parts of their bodies to raise money for charity. According to the Lan- cashire Evening Postany of the staff atMillers City Taxis, in Murray Street, had variousparts of their body waxed including chests, legs and backs, as well as having their heads shaved. The drivers raised £1,000 for the Chorley and South Ribble Hos- pital dialysis unit.
Halfway:PeterOsborne
CHARITY TREK ROUND WHITE COAST
Mohammed Shabir is launching an appeal to raise funds for the victims of the Italian earthquake, by donating money from fares and limousine bookings
A taxi firm owner has pledged his support for victims of the devastat- ing Italian earthquake which claimed the lives of more than 290 peo- ple and made more than 40,000 homeless. Mohammed Shabir, proprietor of Betta Cars, of Dogsthorpe Road, Peterborough, wants to raise money to help the families of the hundreds killed and injured and thousands of people left homeless in the town of L’Aquila following the natural disaster last month. Mr Shabir said he was planning on fitting
money boxes in his taxis to allow customers to pledge their support for the campaign.He is also considering donating money from every call made to the taxi service. He told the Peterbor- ough
Evening
Telegraph: “I saw the pictures on the news and thought that I had to help out. “Every penny helps, and I am sure everyone wants to support this goodcause. Youseepic- tures of people who are hungry and homeless, and as a human being you just have to help. “We will be putting coin
boxes in the back of the taxi for loose change, and donating 50p for every call we receive. “I also have a limousine hiring service, and we will donate £10 from every booking for that as well.” The money will be put towards a collection being organised by Cllr Marco Cereste, who is also chairman of the Peterborough Italian Community Association. More than 24,000 peo- ple made homeless by the earthquake are liv- ing in tent camps around the stricken region.
Two taxi drivers, a bus driver and five super- market workers have teamed up to trek around the coast of the Isle of Wight to raise money for the air ambu- lance. Spokesman Alan Hill
and his friends want to raise at least £4,500 on their 65-mile walk and have left sponsor forms in pubs around Brid- port so people can support them. The team sets off in May. Picture shows from left,
Malcolm King, Mark Drury, Mandy Smith, Alan Hill, Annette P l ai s t o w- Tr a p au d (fundraislng co-ordina- tor
Dorset and
Somerset Air Ambu- lance), Emma Hill and Maddy Hansford.
Photo courtesy of Bridport and Lyme News
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