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On Monday August 3rd at 8.40 our three Cash Mountaineers gathered at the Pirate FM studios to hear their final totals revealed live on air.
Grant Batty from Newquay, Natalie Olivey from Padstow and Emma-Jane Wood from Truro had spent the last month working tirelessly in their quest to raise as much money as they could for the Precious Lives Appeal by midnight on August 2nd.
It had been an amazing rollercoaster month for the trio; each of them was mentored by two members of the Pirate FM team and gave it their all as they pulled out all the stops to get the cash rolling in. There had been highs and lows, moments of delight and a few of despair too. Both Emma-Jane and Grant had their fun days rained off, but other parts of their cash generating plan were huge successes.
We must pay tribute to the commitment and passion shown by all three in their pursuit of victory. From the hundreds of applicants on line, we had chosen these three, confident that between them they would raise an impressive wodge of cash. We were not disappointed.
The winner was Natalie Olivey who raised an amazing £8,158
Grant Batty produced an impressive £4,573 and Emma-Jane netted a brilliant £2,623.
Producing a total for The Precious Lives Appeal of £15,355
Natalie wins herself and her family an all expenses luxury holiday in the Rocky Mountains of the USA.
In recognition of their sheer hard work The Lanhydrock Hotel and Golf Club donated a night's stay with breakfast and free golf to each of our runners up, so they can unwind a little after that superb effort.
Natalie still had one more suprise for us. Her and her family donated another £500 of their own money, to make the total raised for Precious Lives an incredible £15,855.
Here are our Cash Mountaineers just after the announcement with mentors Fleckers and Emma Carton.
L to R Grant Batty, Fleckers, Natalie Olivey, Emma-Jane Wood, Emma Carton
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Grant Batty
Age 18 from Newquay had Fleckers and Neil Caddy as a mentor. They are TEAM BATTY.
Thank you to Mary who showed me around the Little Bridge House. It's an amazing and special place and it was great to get an insight on the work that happens there.
Big thanks to Roger Wilson from Eclipse Nightclub in Bodmin for donating the club on Sunday 2nd August the gig alone raised £1.300 and was great fun, it was great to see fleckers and roger in the dj box, Two old dj pro's still sounding great.
In total I raised about £4.600 and I won a luxury stay at the Lanhydrock hotel and golf club.
This was an amazing experience for me, and I would like to thank all who helped and donated along the way.
I met loads of people at the Garden party, thanks for buying some of my Snacks on the day.
Here I am chatting to Emma Carton at the garden party
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Emma-Jane Wood
Emma-Jane from Truro is always up for a challenge having previously raised monies for various charities by holding raffles, dinner & dance events, completing a sky dive and the London Marathon - the latter two as a bet! Now she's helped us to raise a whopping £15'355 for the Precious Lives Appeal... an amazing effort!
Emma Carton and Tristan Hunkin from our news team were her mentors.
"I'd like to thank everyone who supported me and my events in my quest to raise money for this excellent charity. At the end of the day it's the Precious Lives Appeal who are the winners".
You can still donate at www.justgiving.com/cashemmajane
A TOTALLY PANTS IDEA:
On the first Friday of the challenge I phoned the management team at the Tamar Bridge and put a rather bizarre fundraising event to them. I wanted to string a massive washing line across the bridge from Plymouth to Cornwall and hang a load of pants on it sent in by listeners! Unbelievably they said YES and Radio Thong 2009 was born. Hundred of listeners donated their pants and made my final challenge an absolute sight to see. Lots of people came to the Brunel Pub in Saltash who kindly produced a buffet on the day... not to mention all the last minute donations of pants and pounds. Thanks to everyone who supported my campaign and as much as I'm looking forward to a night at the Lanhydrock Golf Hotel and Country Club, it's the Precious Lives who are the winners!
RADIO THONG:
EDEN ON THE TAMAR:
HERE'S HOW I RAISED MY MONEY:
CHALLENGING TIMES: THE PIRATE FM GARDEN PARTY
In all the rush to raise cash for the Precious Lives Appeal, I've been letting my mentors, Tristan Hunkin and Emma Carton, off too lightly. Sure they've given me plenty of help and advice along the way but I thought it was time I challenged them to do something they might not like to much to raise even more money. Being the good sports that they are they agreed.
Pirate FM newsreader Emma Carton had to sit in a bath of beans while people paid to tip them over her head.
I also challenged Tristan Hunkin to get his legs waxed!
Bev the Boss stumped up twenty quid to tear off the first wax strip, here I am as we were getting Triss ready with the beautician who volunteered to help us out.
A FEW OTHER EVENTS:
In amongst planning the Garden Party and Radio Thong, I also managed to squeeze in 2 nights at Westworld Racing, a Race Night at Strikers Bar in Truro, a sponsored walk, supermarket pants evenings, a golf competition at Cape Cornwall Golf and Leisure Resort and another skydive at the Cornish Parachute Club!
JUMPING MAD:
Lastly I want to say a big thank-you to all the organisations that helped me along the way and acted as pants drop-off points. Without you... and you all know who you are... I couldn't have raised £2623 for Precious Lives.
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Natalie Olivey
Enthusiastic 19 year old Natalie from Padstow has just completed 3 years of A-levels and taken part in lots of fundraising in & out of 6th form, she's couldn't wait to get stuck into the challenge of organising her own events & raising as much money as possible for the Precious Lives Appeal.
In the future Natalie hopes to become a midwife and plans to travel to Africa to help people less fortunate than herself, but only after she's helped charities closer to home first!
"Having helped out at NCT antenatal classes I know just how precious childrens lives are to their parents and I am therefore dedicated to helping the Precious Lives Appeal".
Natalie's mentors were James Martin and James Dundon.
To make a donation at her justgiving page go to www.justgiving.com/cashnatalie
Pirate FM Garden Party
Pirates Garden Party at Royal Cornwall Show ground raised an amasing £296.38 on my stall, so thank you to all those that came along and supported us. A special thank you to Fiona Taylor who gave up her free day to come and help us on the stall, as well as bringing along a car load of cakes. Also to Clare and Mary Carcas who kindly helped pack as up at the end of the day.
The winner of the Guess the name of the Duckling was Coral Richards from St Clements who correctly guessed Duey. Coral won a family entry ticket to the Screech Owl Sanctuary.
Nat's Mum, Jo, managed to wear a total of 110 items of clothing, which was guessed by Mrs M Keat of Wadebridge, who wins a £20 gift voucher for Rat Bags from the Isles of Scilly. Still waiting to hear if this creates a world record or not. I would like to thank the following people for their donations to my stall, Trevisker Nursery, Padstow. Jeremy & Emma Durrant from Lifton Farm Park for the vegetables. Fiona Taylor from St Dennis for all the cakes and her help on the day.
Karen Crocket, Wadebridge for her cakes. Kim Amaglo and Cath Olivey for their help on the day. Alex at Kernow Chocolate, St Eval for the chocolate. Angela Kent, St Merryn for all the marmalades and jams. I'd also like to thank Clare & Mary Carcas who helped us pack up at the end of the day. A BIG THANK YOU to everyone who bought produce, cakes and other goodies from my stall. I also ran a Guess The Name of The Duck competition, heres Bob Mccreadie interviewing me and the duck!
At her family fun day, we had loads of fun, including getting Pirate FM Presenter James Dundon to shave his head. Click here to see more photos of the day!
She also but James Martin and her Mum though their paces at Newquay Zoo when they did a Bushtucker Trial! Click here to see the pictures.
Well after 4 weeks hard work it seems it all paid off when I managed to raise a total of £8,156! There's so many people that I'd like to thank that we cdould be here for quite a while! I'd like to thank anybody who baught a grand prize draw ticket, Well Done to those who were lucky enough to win one of the fantastic prizes on offer, thank you to everybody who emptied their pockets to fill my buckets in various shops around the county and whilst mum was dressed as a Pirate on Padstow Quay, at Padstow Steam Rally and whilst dressed as a Clown at Sainsburys in Truro and at The Speed Hill Climb. I'd like to thank all the businesses who donated a prize to my grand prize draw and helped make it such a success.
For all their hard work and help in organising the "All at Sea" themed disco a huge thank you go's to The Cowling Family of Penrose Farm St Issey, also to Dave Spencer who gave up his evening to provide the Disco and all at Ultra Entertainment who provided the Bucking Pink Pig. Thank you to Andy Loos for providing us with toilets for the evening!
A massive Thank You to Julie Spencer for organising the Jumble sale which was held at St Issey Village hall and to everyone who donated items to sell or gave up their afternoon to help run the event.
Tha family fun day was a big success and thanks go to Dave Truran and Bodmin Rugby Clubfor allowing us to hold the event there, Penrose Marquees for providing the marquee, Jump On Us for providing such an array on inflatables, Steve and Rachel Payne for giving up their afternoon and bringing along their fairground games, the Cowlings for bringing along their 2 donkeys who participated in the "Drop The Plop" competition, The Chough for providing scones, Trewithen Dairies for the cream and Lidl for he Jam for our cream teas, and to Brandon tool hire for providing us with a generator!
Finally my biggest thank you goes to my Mum for all the hours, hard work, effort and thought she put into helping me along the way and to reach such a huge total. I'd also like to say congratulations to Grant and Emma-Jane because between us we raised such a life changing amount of money! A last thank you goes to the Stop Smoking service for providing the amazing holiday. Appologies if I've missed you off my long list of thank you's and thank you to everyone for all your support- Lets get this Hospice built!
