Remember Comic relief ? (Comic Relief)

Member Name: gpsharp

Product:	Comic Relief
Date:	19/03/01 (93 review reads)
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Advantages: Raises money for good causes

Disadvantages: Forgotton to quickly !

So Red nose day/Comic relief is over and as you read this you are most likely back to work/college/university etc leading a normal life. So how many people have forgotten what it was all about? Or didn’t bother to pledge any money after friday?
Well in some ways I suppose it is understandable as it is was only on main television for one evening. However we have had various events going on all week including the celebrity ‘Big brother’ which I think was the highlight of the week. All this shouldn’t really make us forget to quickly.


My personal gripe on Friday was, after starting work very early I went out for lunch at appx 1.00pm, only to be confronted by people dressed in weird costumes rattling cans and buckets in front of my face for comic relief and the same when I finished work at 5.30pm. I found this a bit too much as I am a person who likes to give money in my own way and not dropping coins into a plastic bucket. I would like to add that I am not a mean person as I do raise a lot of money for my own personal children charities throughout the year by running in races/half marathons, and do not approach people in this way because all my money raising is sponsored.

Still the evening was quite entertaining and effective with some shocking video clips to bring it home to us all with a few tears. There were a lot of celebrities doing their bit and even brand names getting their little bit of advertising slots in exchange for donating cheques. But the highlight of the week was the ‘Celebrity Big brother’ with a mixture of different personalities. The one person who stood out was of course the man who won it. Jack Dee. He seemed to be the only one who didn’t put on a false front, what you saw was what you got with a touch of humour, and I cannot help thinking that, had Jack Dee gone out in the first round it wouldn’t have made such compelling viewing.

Because this big event is only he
ld every two years I think there should be at least a monthly update on how things are progressing with the money raised, and a request for more fund raising throughout the year. This would give people a chance throughout the rest of the year to organise events in their own time (summer fetes, fun runs, Barbecues etc)
and of course help and save more needy people.

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