Morning all

I've posted in uk-mkivs too - we're after all the help we can give this little man please...

A good friend of our family has a little boy, Joshua, who has cancer.

Anyone, especially those of us that are parents, will know how devastating it is to discover that a family member, friend or colleague has cancer but it is especially heartbreaking for Steve and Amy as Joshua is only 13 months old.

His best chance of beating cancer lies with an antibody treatment which is only available in America and the financial cost of this is huge - in excess of $ 500,000.

Please take a minute to read about Joshua's story here:

http://www.joshua-appeal.org/index.php

and if you can spare any pennies at all, it would be greatly appreciated.

If we all donated the equivalent of a pint or 20 fags, it would be amazing.

Donations can be made here: http://www.justgiving.com/joshua-appeal/?pid=2003240&dtpn=1#DonationTable

Thanks for reading...

 Done

 thanks very much, Steve, much appreciated

done, lets hope we can all help 

excellent, thanks very much Dave. I hope to plaster this all over the internet ( if only audi-sport would remind me of my password, that'd be a great help ! ) 

 done hope it helps. lost my grandad to cancer its a horrible disease for a fully grown man never mind a young lad!! nearly cried reading his story!

 Seems to be a real slow response over on uk-mkivs, might bump it again.

 just posted on meganeownersclub for you aswell mate hope it helps it is a bit quiet on there though

 Added another £5 as felt bad reading the story.

don't feel bad, Steve - its brilliant that you've donated.

Gav, thanks very much - all help much needed - its on my local scooby forum too, the more forums the better I reckon & thatnks for the donation too !

wonder if i could get into onto Vortex ?? 

 is it already on facebook? my mrs uses that so might get her to put a link in her wall if so? its around £309,493.74 to get $500,000 on xe.com converter just to give people an idea so dig deep lads

i don't know if Amy & Steve ( Joshua's parents ) have put it on or not...I'm not on facebook so....

 will have to get her to search for it next time shes on.

 also posted on tt-forum.co.uk even though im only a member from looking for my mates car lol the more sites the less people needed on each

 I wonder could you or the family contact some of the Tv channels or papers. I know it seems extreme but ive oftem seen that kind of thing on morning TV...

 well got 2 off the megane site donated but tt-forum must all be skint had 50 views but no donation didnt realise poor people bought tt's

thanks Gav, sorry i didn't thank the 2 in person but you've job a great job  

on facebook now :

 http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/group.php?gid=97331292738&ref=nf

^ ^ Joined and invited all my "friends" too.

thanks Dave - I see quattrojames from ASN has donated, so thanks for putting it up there ( in a manner of speaking ! ) 

damianmkv:

thanks Dave - I see quattrojames from ASN has donated, so thanks for putting it up there ( in a manner of speaking ! ) 

He took one for the ream team

Glad that someone has donated. Nobody from Vagoc has replied to the thread yet. Maybe they're too busy donating. Mine's been sent today.

chance'd be a fine thing ( i mean the donating bit, not the taking one for the team...oh flippin' 'eck, its all going wrong ! )

Thanks very much - i've PM'd the site sponsors & emailed Capital Radio yesterday.... 

Someone's given £1k!!!! Good on them.

It really restores your faith in humankind to see so much generousity (and I don't just mean the above but everyone that's donating).

I know - £1000 is a huge amount of money...we've approached the employer of my in-laws as he runs a charity...waiting to see if he can / will help

Ah yes, the in-laws employer. I was lost for a moment but I've caught up now. That's a good "opportunity" (terrible way to put it but you know what I mean).

 he's not one of the Pet Shop Boys !!

Oh dear. Oh dear oh dear.

one of these would be more appropriate:

Hahahaha....he's on form today. Liquid lunch?

nope - been down the gym today..and yesterday and Monday...blimey..cream crackered 

Oh I see.........

<cough> mid-life crisis </cough>

 feeling guilty now ?

Another £700 donation has just come in

Guilty? No, I don't think so , or at least, not yet...... Why?

Geez, that's awesome, especially with the economy in the state that it is!

 £4115

well done ASN

Wrote a letter to the guardian over lunch looking for publicity. Dont know if will get anything back

 £4115

well done ASN

Wrote a email to the guardian over lunch looking for publicity. Nothing back so far.

Stevee, how do you know what's been  donated from ASN?

 I see quattrojames from ASN has donated.

Good luck Joshua. Donation by Quattrojames 08/07/09

The £4115 was the total to date not ASN

Ohhh, I'm with you now.

 my bad didnt explain about the 4115.

Ps hope this isnt just going to fade away....ukmkivs dead after few bumps

 just read up on this - a matter very close to my heart (still in remission)

good luck little fella (donation made)