Re: Fwd: Bonus support for Action for Children

[Brandon Ross <bross () pobox com>]

I get that it's a good cause, but this is off topic and doesn't belong on 
NANOG.

If we allow everyone with a good cause to post to NANOG then we would be 
inundated with charity emails.

On Fri, 30 Jun 2017, Colin Johnston wrote:

> excuse the subject, relevant as IT techies like this.
>
> > Bonus support for Action for Children
> > A BT senior manager is donating half of his bonus to Action for Children’s Byte Night North West event and encouraging 
> > others to do the same.
> > Colin Johnston is an IT technical manager who has supported Action for Children for several years. This year he and 
> > hundreds of other executives will be sleeping out for a night on 6 October as part of the charity’s annual Byte Night 
> > event.  As well as raising money by taking part in this, Colin has decided to also donate 50% of his bonus payment 
> > (£2,482.00 / 2 = £1241(donation amount)) this year to Action for Children.
> > Colin said, “Being involved for a while with Action for Children, I’ve got to know about the amazing work they do with 
> > children and young people and families. I’m happy to be in a position where I can help support their services by 
> > fundraising and donating.  If people can’t take part in Byte Night then they can still help out by donating what they 
> > can – if other executives decided to also give half of their bonus to Action for Children, it would be a simple but 
> > really effective way of helping young people to have a brighter future.”
> >
> > Byte Night is Action for Children's biggest annual fundraiser; a national ‘sleep-out’ event. Each year, hundreds of 
> > like-minded people from the technology and business arena give up their beds for one night to help change the lives of 
> > vulnerable young people. It all began in 1998 when 30 individuals slept out in London and raised £35,000. Since then Byte 
> > Night has grown to 10 UK locations and over 1,200 people slept out in 2016. Byte Night is one of the UK’s top 17 mass 
> > participation charity events and is the largest charity sleep-out having raised over £9.6 million since the first event. 
> > Byte Night is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year and its fifth year in the North West.
> > Colin is a board member of the North West Byte Night event.
> > BT Volunteering is a very worthwhile endeavour.
> >
> > See mydonate page linked to Byte Night https://mydonate.bt.com/fundraisers/colinjohnston1 
> > <https://mydonate.bt.com/fundraisers/colinjohnston1>
> >
> > For more information go to www.bytenight.org.uk <http://www.bytenight.org.uk/>  or to donate Text Byte17 and the amount 
> > to 70070.
> >
> > Colin
> >
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