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Peter Burton's Jumps to Raise
Hi, thanks for visiting my page. Through Virgin Money Giving, you can sponsor me and donations will be quickly processed and passed to charities. Virgin Money Giving is a not for profit organisation and will claim gift aid on a charity's behalf where the donor is eligible for this. I really appreciate all your support and thank you for any donations.
On the 29th of March I will be strapping myself to another human being that feels that the only right thing to do to seek a thrill is to hurl themselves out of a perfectly serviceable aircraft at a height of 13,500 feet and hope to land on the ground with no more of a bump than jumping off a sofa in order to raise money for needy charities.
In itself this sounds an easy way to spend a few hours to rasie money however there is a small issue here. I am not what you would call a height loving individual. I do break out in a sweat whilst driving over the Penines on the M62 due to the percieved hieght given by my eyes seeing lower than normal clouds.
My heart does often skip a beat whilst standing on a chair to change a lightbulb and I often ask someone to stand close by to break my fall should I have a missfire in my dunlop slippers.
My profile picture to the left was taken just after being asked to go up a ladder to check the house guttering for a blockage.
Please give generously as this will be no mean feat for myself.
Please view the video below to see what an Air Ambulance does in order to save life. Hopefully you never ever need one but if you ever do then you will be eternally grateful. Lets do our part to keep them flying and saving lives.
Pete
Recent donors
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Paul Fearnhead £10.00 (+ £2.82 giftaid) 29.03.11 Well done ! |
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Marion Wolstenholme £10.00 (+ £2.82 giftaid) 29.03.11 Congrats Pete - am impressed! |
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Anonymous £50.00 (+ £14.10 giftaid) 29.03.11 |
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Anonymous £5.00 (+ £1.41 giftaid) 28.03.11 Saluting you Mr Burton and Matt! |
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Lucy Donovan £10.00 (+ £2.82 giftaid) 28.03.11 Good luck 2mos Pete xxx |
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Angus £10.00 (+ £2.82 giftaid) 28.03.11 Have fun jumping out of a perfectly good plane |
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Ian Bunning £10.00 (+ £2.82 giftaid) 28.03.11 Hope everyone really enjoys the experience. |
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Mark Sykes £10.00 (+ £2.82 giftaid) 27.03.11 Have a gentle landing mate. :) |
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jue jeff £10.00 (+ £2.82 giftaid) 24.03.11 all the best m8, jue n jeff xoxo |
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Steve Dubois £10.00 (+ £2.82 giftaid) 14.03.11 Good arrows, good cause, good luck! |
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Steve £10.00 (+ £2.82 giftaid) 07.03.11 Good luck Pete - you'll love it!! |
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Matt Coleman £10.00 (+ £2.82 giftaid) 06.03.11 Hi Pete, remind me why we signed up for this again? Good luck, hope we both make it down in one piece!! |
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Adam M £10.00 (+ £2.82 giftaid) 05.03.11 |
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Chris C £20.00 (+ £5.64 giftaid) 04.03.11 needs youtube vid! |
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Al Whysall £10.00 (+ £2.82 giftaid) 04.03.11 Good luck, you'll be fine! What an amazing feat for a fantastic cause. Alflavor |
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Jason Chappell £10.00 (+ £2.82 giftaid) 02.03.11 Nice one me old mucker! Nice to see you are re-joining us Northern monkeys. Good luck matey. |
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Andy Gooding Service Manager £10.00 (+ £2.82 giftaid) 02.03.11 Good Luck Peter and you must be mental but enjoy |
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Julie Agnew £20.00 (+ £5.64 giftaid) 02.03.11 I obviously managed to get those thinning shears through your hair.. looking more handsome by the minute Mr B!! Good luck on the day!! |
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Joe £6.00 (+ £1.69 giftaid) 01.03.11 Good course Pete. More grease to your elbow. Joe T |
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Abi, Rich, Jack & Millie (Northern Massive) £10.00 (+ £2.82 giftaid) 01.03.11 How exciting! You are being very brave! Don't forget to check your fella's parachute before you jump... :0) xx |
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Dave Argent £10.00 (+ £2.82 giftaid) 01.03.11 Go for it Pete. Its the best rush EVER! Make sure you get a dvd....it goes rather quick! |
