RAG skydive raised a total of £6,158.38 which breaks all RAG records!

This year RAG has raised an outstanding £8000 plus, for charity, nearly doubling the amount that was raised in the last academic year.

At the beginning of the year the RAG committee voted on its three charities which would be supported in the 2007 - 2008 year. RAG traditionally supports one local charity and two national charities.

This year’s chosen local charity is Rowans Hospice who provide specialist Hospice care and support to patients with life limiting illness living in Portsmouth and South East Hampshire, their relatives and carers.

The two national charities are Macmillian Cancer Support who are a source of help with all the things people affected by cancer want and need, and a force for change, pushing for better cancer care.

The third charity is The National Association for Colitis and Crohn’s Disease (NACC) which brings together people of all ages who have Ulcerative Colitis or Crohn’s Disease, their families and the health professionals involved in their care.

These two illnesses are both forms of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) and they affect about 1 in 400 people in the United Kingdom.

Various events have been organized by the RAG committee this year to raise money for charity, including speed dating, a cake sale, RAG jail and RAG slave auction.

The RAG jail and RAG slave auction raised in excess of £600 in one night alone which was an amazing success and our thanks goes to everyone who took part.

The Naked Calendar this year raised an outstanding £580 so thank you to all the media and sports clubs who took part.

Other amazing events this year include the underwater marathon by Portsmouth University Divers and the PURE FM 24 hour broadcast. RAG week this year has raised £700 and counting thanks to RAG blag, get spotted, jail, slave auction, quiz and carnival cake stall.

The big event of the year was without doubt the RAG skydive which raised a total of £6,158.38 which breaks all RAG records!

The star performers of the skydive were Shane Wilson who raised £790 and Lauren Evans who raised £720, both were given the treat of having their skydive video taped and is available on Facebook.

Thanks must also go to Simon Owen and everyone at the Skydiving club for all the hard work that went into organizing the event.

The main thanks this year has to go to the RAG committee who have been amazing and have left last year’s committee in the shadows.

President Joe has been the most enthusiastic president in years, Vice President Steve has kept Joe’s enthusiasm under control, Beth was an amazing secretary, Brian has had more ideas than a monkey on steroids, Jenny has done well to liaise with media.

Sarah has helped organize a great RAG week and that leaves Lauren who in my opinion has been this year’s star of RAG!

So thank you on behalf of the RAG committee to everyone who has helped us organise events this year, and raised this amazing amount of money!

It is the taking part that matters, but to raise over £8,000 is absolutely amazing!