Last months UK VMUG was a roaring success in more ways than one. At the event we managed to raise £400 for the “Blood Bikers” charity (National Association of Blood Bikes). Their volunteers are (mainly retired) bikers who ferry plasma, blood, milk, and other medical supplies around the country from one hospital to another from the hours of 7pm at night, round the clock til 7am. It’s a great charity – because of the great outcomes – but also saves our NHS thousands (perhaps millions?) a year in providing service for free. The money was raised in a raffle at the vCurry and the event itself – and was won by none other than Chris Wahl.
The breakdown of the money raised is a little bit funkier than the straight £400. We actually raised £325.10. But the runners-up in the vCurry Quiz (the somewhat risque named “Team vCOC”) donated their prize of £45 in Amazon vouchers to the cause. It’s proved difficult to change this donation in back into cash. So I’ve “bought” the vouchers, and added the cash to the total. My wife and I figured we would probably spend the money on Amazon at Christmas anyway. That brought the total £380.10. So we then made a personal donation to the pot of £19.90 to bring the grand total of £400. Phew!
Anyway, in the interest of transparency – below is record of the transactions – including a letter from National Association of Blood Bikes
