Truckfest & Thank you to some people

Ice Road Trucker Alex Debogorski

 
Last weekend Maz Tommy and I attended Truckfest 2011 along with Matt,Tori and the kids as well as Marc & Carol Greening of Peacock Transport.The weather was great and the highly polished trucks came in the the hundreds.
We were there as well as for the club but on a personal note as well and armed with Phones for Heroes Pre-paid  envelopes Forces Children's Trust Pots and the Banners as well we set up for the weekend.

The show opened to the public on Sunday but Saturday night as usual there was a Light show and fireworks display for all the competitors and Traders.
Time to relax before Sunday morning when the gate open to the public.
 

The show as usual had many lovely trucks with art work on and our friends Andy and Tom Scott Custom Paint House were there on Saturday and Monday doing Airbrush art work Demos



One of Andy  & Toms projects.



The show was International with Trucks in from Holland Germany,Sweden and Our friend Geovanni from Austria.

Geovanni informs me that he now has 50 Trucks on his firm and 16 of them now have art work on.

Super Truck from Sweden

Giovanni's Trailer

Believe it or not the Tuesday before Truckfest Giovanni tipped out a full load of cement in Koln Germany,then came over and arrived at the showground Wednesday.

The Truck that goes to the Trailer

The Truck and trailer will be back next year.If you would like to see Giovanni's other trucks please visit his website and visit the Gallery to view his other trucks.

Over the weekend Marc Greening and I went round hunting for donations of raffle prizes to help with our fund raising efforts. We were over whelmed by the response we had so as a way of a thank you to all here are the People and Busnesses that donated raffle prizes to us.

Thanks to Toyota Folk trucks for the Model



Volvo East Anglia donated us Model Trucks












Neil Harrington Managing Director of Go Entertain donated 7 copies of Season 4
Ice Road Trucker and 7 Copies of IRT Deadliest Roads Season 1
The Ice Road Truckes DVD's where all signed by Alex.
A new website is being launched in the next few days so I will place a link then














Nigel Emms of Iveco donated us to Model Truck from the All Blacks
collection as well as Bandna bags.From Iveco Trucks



Mercedes Trucks donated us Jackets and T-shirts

Martin Weaver Corgi Marketing Manager donated us 2 limited edition
Corgi Trucks with certificates.



Debbys Engraving Studio are donating us a Crystal glass trophy and are
engraving our club logo on it.



Lastly but no means least big big thanks to Scania UK who donated us
not only Model Trucks but Jackets T-shirt as well



Big Thanks to everyone who also donated to The Forces Children's Trust weather by wrist bands or via our Gala Tent Promotion Code WHEELS4C.For those that do not know the code gives a 10% at Gala Tent and Gala Tent give us at Wheels for Charity 5% of you discount for our Charities.

It was great this year to see some new Trucks at the Show and see some of the old favorites as well.



We are now looking foward to our next Truck show at Newark in September and hope to see some of you there.



Look who we found Kids with
H.G.Moore & Son Ltd



And Scobby had a Truck there.
He was a Scooby-Trucker-Doo

Sligshoot take to the air

Bigfoot 17 clears the cars



And of cause Truckfest would not be Truckfest without some Monster Truck action.

All in all a great weekend great weather and great fun had by all.Will be doing all again next year.

The Guinea Pigs An Honour to Meet and go on a trip with them.

The Guinea Pigs sing there Anthem

At the start of last year in Febuary I had the great hounour of meeting and going on a trip with the Guinea Pig club.


For those of you who do not know who they are here is a bit about them and at the bottom is there Anthem.

In 1936, the Government decided that war was inevitable. The lessons learnt during the Spanish Civil War was proof that that the next war would be mainly aerial. As a result, the casualties in the air would produce many airmen in need of treatment for burns.



Therefore the Emergency Medical Service was set up with hospitals out of London selected to deal with this anticipated problem.

One of them was the Queen Victoria Cottage Hospital (as it was then known) and a Mr. A. McIndoe (later to become Sir Archibald McIndoe) was appointed to take charge. He arrived on the 4th of September 1939 and was the driving force towards the creation of the Burns Centre.

In 1940, when The Battle of Britain began, Hurricane and Spitfire pilots, suffering from burns were taken to what was to become the world famous hospital in East Grinstead. On the 20th of July 1941, some of these airmen were passing their time chatting in a newly erected hut at the hospital. One of them suggested forming a Club. Someone suggested the name “Guinea Pig Club”. Burns and reconstructive surgery was in its infancy. It was recognised by the burned airmen that much of the surgery was experimental.



The Club was duly formed with a committee and Mr. McIndoe as its President. The Secretary was a pilot with badly burned fingers, which meant he was excused from writing many letters. The Treasurer was a member whose legs were burned, this ensured he could not abscond with the funds! There were three types of members. Guinea Pigs, who qualified by being a member of an aircrew and had received at least one operation at the hospital. Scientists, Doctors and Surgeons were honorary members The Club’s benefactors were to be known as Friends of the Guinea Pig Club. The Club was really intended to be a drinking club, which would disband after the war. Instead, it grew in strength and through the generosity of many people became financially sound.



Later, as the bombing programme intensified against the industrial heart of Germany, so the emphasis switched from burned fighter pilots to burned bomber crews. In time, these patients represented 80% of the total. There were 649 Guinea Pigs at the end of the war. The majority were British (65-70%). Other nationalities included, Canadian (27%), Australian (8%), New Zealander (8%). The camaraderie and spirit within The Queen Victoria Hospital are reflected by the “Guinea Pig Anthem".



After the war, communications have been maintained by the publication of a twice yearly magazine that is distributed throughout the world. Members meet for a weekend reunion every year in East Grinstead and on other occasions. Its aim now, 55 years after the club was formed, is to ensure that Guinea Pigs in financial difficulties are assisted. If medical advice is needed, the advice of the Department of Plastic Surgery is sought. The first President, Sir Archibald McIndoe died in 1960. From that time H.R.H. The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh has been the President. From that original total number of 649, only 210 remain.



The Club has much to offer, having experienced disfigurement and functional loss, particularly due to restricted use of fingers. Members are always willing to assist new burns patients, showing them that through adversity a full life can be lived.

As I said at the start in Febuary 2010 My self my Girlfreind and John the Wheels for CharityWebmaster had the great Honour to meet the Guniea Pigs and go on a visitwith them to RAF Lakenheath. along with our great freinds The Marham Veterains Group (RAF AT) Below are the Photos that were taken.
I had up a DVD with these photos with some WWII music and sent a copy to them which was show at there AGM later on in the year to Prince Philip who is the Parton.

The Guinea Pig Anthem



We are McIndoe’s army,

We are his Guinea Pigs.

With dermatomes and pedicles,

Glass eyes, false teeth and wigs.

And when we get our discharge

We’ll shout with all our might:

“Per ardua ad astra”

We’d rather drink than fight

John Hunter runs the gas works,

Ross Tilley wields the knife.

And if they are not careful

They’ll have your flaming life.

So, Guinea Pigs, stand steady

For all your surgeon’s calls:

And if their hands aren’t steady

They’ll whip off both your ears



We’ve had some mad Australians,

Some French, some Czechs, some Poles. We’ve even had some Yankees,

God bless their precious souls.

While as for the Canadians -

Ah! That’s a different thing.

They couldn’t stand our accent

And built a separate Wing



We are McIndoe’s army,

(As first verse)

Dead Game by Claire Kinton & The BWA Publishing Programme: Living with Dyslexia

Dead Game by Claire Kinton & The BWA Publishing Programme: Living with Dyslexia: "World Book Day continued... The main aim of World Book Day is to celebrate books and encourage children to explore the pleasures of reading ..."

A Fantastic Donation.The book DEAD GAME signed by Claire Kinton

Claire Kinton is the writter of this wonderful

book.Claire has kindly donated us at Wheels

for Charity a signed copy of her book,for us to

use to raise funds for Help for Heroes in 2011.

 The book was Shortlisted for the Brit Writers Awards 2010 and was 8th in Multi-Media Shorty Awards 2011

To read a review about the Dead Game click on the link below.
REVIEW

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To find out about the Brit Writers Awards visit www.britwriters.co.uk

Claire has a Blog that is also an interesting read why not follow her at http://www.claire-kinton.blogspot.com/

If you can't wait to win our copy of the "Dead Game" then visit Claire's website to by the book it is a must book to read.

http://www.clairekinton.com/

This book is supporting.

Thank you Clarie from all of us at

Wheels for Charity

http://www.wheelsforcharity.org.uk/



A few Videos supporting our Troops on active service

Just a few of the best videos supporting our troops

Thought I would put a videos together

of some of the best a funny videos I have

seen of our Troops on active service & also

 support videos.

Squaddie Stars

been a big hit on youtube

'We Will Remember Them'. A Tribute For Fallen Troops.

 

 

British Army

 

 

Aircraft Marshalling 12 Sqn way

 

Must Be Love - British Soldiers in Iraq

Hope everyone enjoys them

We at Wheels for Charity will do

our best to keep on fund raising

to help the wounded and the Children

who have lost a parent.

God Bless all our Troops and there families.

Submariners Lounge: In the Beginning

Submariners Lounge: In the Beginning
Blog written by a friend worth a good look some great Pic and Videos

Wheels for Charity a Little about us and what we do

August 2010 Big Brothers Mario & Lisa support an event we did for Help for Heroes

We are a free club to join. We are made up of anything on wheels,from trucks to bikes.

Our aim is to fund raise for charity while having fun.We all ways donate 100% of the money we raise for our Charities. 

Non of our charities pots are unsealed and counted without the minimum of at least 2 members of the committee and 1 independent person present and we publicise or pot count documents on Facebook and now on Twitter publicly.All  registered members of our forum can view the account on the Forum and the Books are also taken to every event we go to and we are only to willing to show people if asked.Cheques sent to our charities are also written out in the same way as we do the pot counts and publicise in the same way.When sending cheques they will only be sent by registered mail.

Last year we attended Parades,car shows,truck shows and more.

Why not come and join us bring the family along we always get the kids involved in fundraising. Just visit us at http://www.wheelsforcharity.org.uk/ and sign up to our forum to join in the fun.

Myself and Tommy 7

Tommy has for the last 3 years swum 2hrs non stop for Children in Need this pic was taken in 2010.He raised over £200.

We like to get the kids involved in what we do, as we feel it is educational for them and sets a great example for others.We rely on event donating a pick to us,so as we can still always donate 100% of the money we raise for our charities.

When we started up back in September2009 Gala Tent very kindly sponsored us with a 6mx12m Marquee.Not only this but gave us a Promotion code for people or clubs to use is they wish to by a Marquee or Gazebo from Gala Tent.

This Code WHEELS4C gives the customer a 5% discount and gives us 5% for our charities.Galatent can be found at http://www.galatent.co.uk/ 





Our Gala Tent Marquee on its first outing for Children in Need 2009 event.



We also have a Local company in Peterborough that is giving us money for our charities for any old mobile Phones we collect and take to them.

So if you are attending a show and you know we are going to be there then please bring your old mobiles along and drop them off to us.Or you can post them to us at the following address.

Wheels for Charity

5 Clayton

Orton Goldhay

Peterborough

PE2 5SB

Our Photography is done by Club members but also by Ian Brock Photography.Ian gives us his time for free and joins us with his family at events and does a lot of our photographs.



Micheal Schumacher's Benetton that he won the 1994 World Championship in.



Uk Street Cars Owner at our 2010 Help for Heroes Event

 

If you need a Photographer why not contact Ian his details are above and his prices are good.Tell him Wheels for Charity sent you.

In finishing I would like to wish everyone a Happy New Year from all of us at Wheels for Charity.Please visit our website at http://www.wheelsforcharity.org.uk/ and why on sign in on our forum we would be please to have you and your family on board.We are not a Charity just a Non Profit Club that its members wish to attend events and do a little more than stand around looking at cars trucks bike we use the time to fund raise for some great charities.

http://www.forceschildrenstrust.org/

Following the many heart-breaking stories that emerged from the losses

in Afghanistan and Iraq, the Forces Children's Trust was founded in

2004 by Denny Wise in an effort to fill a gap in the charitable field

of family care. Denny was concerned that the subsequent needs of the

affected children, were not being fully addressed. Over the years the

charity has grown considerably in size, allowing it to improve the

lives of many children.

Registered Charity number: 1421210

On the 15th December 2010, Denny Wise who founded this brilliant charity, has been awarded a Sun Millie... about time he was applauded for the fantastic work he & his team have done for the many children of the forces, who have suffered bereavement.

Know need to explain this Charity

 To help and assist MOD/999 servicemen and women to “open doors to the outside” by fitting out Land Rovers for full amputee driving, enabling offroad and onroad driving experiences, expeditions and events. Aimed at Amputees who have lost limbs mainly, Project Mobility aims to provide training, vehicles and financial support for family breaks and holidays utilising these kitted vehicles. We will be working with people to ensure they can continue life as mobile as possible and work alongside the likes of BAFMA and Met Police Motor Club and others to empower users to participate in events and progress their skills related to work and life balance.

Charity Registration No: XT23378

Once a year we arrange an event for

With in our HQ area Peterborough we support 2 local Charities

Young Carers Project is to support the Young children so only 5 or 6 years old that stay at home to help sick or terminally ill parents.

We also help Sue yder Care Thorpe Hall.were  a few of us have lost family members.

Well thats just a bit about us so why not come and join us and bring the family along to we would love to see you.

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http://www.wheelsforcharity.org.uk/