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#charity-fundraising

Ms Boobier was supported by Day One Trauma Support, which said it helped 2,400 people last year, with demand still increasing. Day One Trauma Ms Boobier now works as a physiotherapist with people who have had amputations at Charing Cross Hospital in London. She said she had recommended Day One to her patients in Reading but took advantage of its help after the accident.

A group of Welsh drag queens have competed in a rugby match to raise money for a children's charity. Drag rugby has been an annual event in Cardiff with the Cardiff Lions RFC, an inclusive rugby team, and Diff Drag, a team made up of Cardiff 's best-known drag queens, coming together to support a good cause. Each year the event raises money for a selected charity, with the full amount of ticket sales going to the chosen cause.

If one show could have raised... I mean, [the news reports were saying] it was up to, like $190 million. It's, like, any artist, just do one big show, film it and you can retire just on one show. No, it was nowhere near, and I wish that it was, but we are living in reality, in the real world.

As soon as police receive a call reporting a missing child, every minute becomes critical in the search to bring them to safety. When a missing person report is filed, investigators must quickly assess risk: Is the child in danger of harm? Do they have health conditions, or issues with drugs or alcohol? Could they be with someone who poses a threat? Each question helps determine the urgency of the search.

Participants in a festive community tractor parade have been targeted by scammers pretending to seek donations over social media, according to event organisers. Drivers entering the Suffolk Tractor Light Parade were targeted by false messages purporting to be from event planners. The messages encouraged them to make a donation directly to a bank account in what the true organisers have called a frustrating and disappointing.

In the words of Mariah Carey: it's tiiiiime. Halloween is dead and gone, and now, it's finally an acceptable time for the Christmas countdown to get underway. Festive illuminations are already being turned on across London, Xmas markets are beginning to open and Yuletide tunes are starting to permeate every shop, cafe and bar. Of course, the city's annual Christmas makeover isn't complete without its trees - and one of its most beloved, the St Pancras Christmas tree, has just been unveiled.

When the National Astronomy Meeting, organized by the UK Royal Astronomical Society, descended on Durham University in July, Martina Veresvarska saw the gathering as an opportunity not just to talk shop, but also to indulge her baking hobby. The annual conference, usually held in the British Isles, is one of the largest of its kind in Europe. Veresvarska is a PhD candidate at the UK university's Centre for Extragalactic Astronomy and a co-founder of the astronomy department's charity bake-sale organization, Cakes for Good.

I want every young person to know how to spot when something isn't right

The bake sale gathers over 100 chefs and bakers - the biggest crew yet, she says. Originally launched in 2017 as a bake sale benefiting Planned Parenthood, Pickowicz has since built the effort into raising over $225,000, she says. This year's edition, presented with Care of Chan, Project Gather, and Lindsey Peckham, will direct all proceeds to Heart of Dinner, Make the Road New York, One Love Community Fridge, and the Teaching Kitchen at Lenox Hill Neighborhood House.

A new benefit compilation for charities supporting immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers has corralled new songs from Dirty Projectors, Oneohtrix Point Never's Daniel Lopatin, Tim Heidecker, Bonnie "Prince" Billy, William Tyler, Lambchop, Lonnie Holley, and many others. Passages: Artists in Solidarity with Immigrants, Refugees, and Asylum Seekers arrives December 5 via Western Vinyl. New songs from Alan Sparhawk and Benjamin Booker lead the record-listen to their contributions, "No More Darkness" and "A Place for Us," below.

Thousands of runners retraced a fallen New York City firefighter's desperate race to the twin towers Sunday to honor the victims of the 9/11 terror attacks - and raise over $1 million for survivors and their families. The Tunnel to Towers Foundation's 5K Run & Walk brought 30,000 runners to trace the footsteps of fallen FDNY hero Stephen Siller, who raced to the World Trade Center towers from Red Hook through the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel on Sept. 11, 2001.

"That is the fastest 'half' I've run this year, and I feel there's still a lot more in the body," said the 32-year-old Kilkee engineer, who now lives in Galway. "It's a big confidence boost heading into the Dublin Marathon next month."

Three Scottish brothers have set a new record for rowing nonstop across the world's largest ocean, arriving in Australia to the tune of bagpipes and a fresh pizza after 140 days at sea. Jamie, Ewan and Lachlan Maclean covered more than 14,000km from Peru to Cairns, where they became the first team to finish the full crossing just before midday on Saturday.

"100 Friends for 100 Miles is a way I can make a lasting impact with ultrarunning and feel like I am making a difference within my community."

CEO Justin Ignacio admitted, 'mismanaged the company into the situation you're all witnessing,' confirming severe financial difficulties despite raising around $11 million.