2 challenges

[hunterbynature]

challenge no1    as we all now alot of people in australia are suffering from losing all there wordly possesions and some there loved ones, i would like to challenge all the buga members to coff up a 100 bucks each to help out, i havn;t got a lot of money myself but i got a 100 bucks here to help out the needy,    challenge no2,   ben you seam like a great guy how about you being the collector of funds,,,,, are you up for the challenge,  come on guys dig deep      stevo   new zealand

[hammers_spanners]

Stevo thats a great idea. I pledge $100 as well.

Craig

[rubman]

Count me in for another $100.

[hunterbynature]

good one guys keep it coming, the brothers are gonna need it    cheers stevo

[Warren]

I'm in for $100

But I will give it to the Red Cross as they are set up to deal with the donations

(and I don't trust that shifty lille BUGA Ben either )

Warren

[ben]

haha go on pick on me!!!!

[eddy]

brothers,  my humble and most respectful insight into the fires in Victoria, I am in emergency services and have been assisting coordinating the response to the horrific fires in Churchill and Bunyip in Gippsland, we manned the coordination centre on Saturday morning when it was quiet, drinking coffee and nicking out for a smoke now and again, having a joke about no chocolate biscuits and reckoning that being called into work on a saturday was a pain. By 10 am it warmed up, and we complained about the weather, then it got hot and we reckoned it was too hot to stand outside for a smoke, then it got hotter and kept getting hotter to 44 degrees and a hot furious wind developed and then instantly it turned to insanity. Instant insanity and still it went on through the afternoon and just kept getting worse, more worse than you could imagine and continued to increase at a furious rate. Not one person involved whinged or complained of being away from home for long periods, in fact for some it would prove to be days on end, not one person said they would rather be at home, not one person said they were thirsty, even though in the early stages they went without water or food or relief for up to 14 hours at a time, how unprepared and under manned we were in the early stages, how I was concerned that emergency workers were being sent to the front line without water and in most cases protection from the extreme conditions, I saw first hand the true mark of mateship, how others asked "you doing okay mate" how other workers rang up in the middle of the night or in the early hours asking how they could assist or volunteering to get down to the front line, there was no shortage of volunteers. I heard and saw the absolute horror of those that suffered. I heard first hand of the stories of sadness and bitter despair from other emergency workers, the sadness and the grief by those that suffered. Sadness but a determination to help where ever we could and a feeling of absolute hopelessness when we couldn't.  Tragic. so sad. and still even as I write it goes on, no bitterness just sadness for those that suffered the most. No doubt the following days will prove harder for those that suffered loss, they are in my prayers. Sadness

[68holden]

hear hear eddy good on you mate untill recently i was cheffing at the buxton hotel most of the friends i made while working there are homeless,3 are no longer with us my thoughts of strength go out to all the fireies and ses 90% of which are all vouluteers and to evryone who has been touched by this tradegy,may your gods go with you cheers brendon

[lewy]

G'Day,
It is very sad and my heart goes out to those who have lost someone close to them and for the ones who have lost their homes........
I have just bought a LWB Beddie at last and while at the bank getting the funds i had given them a 100 bucks towards the victoms of the fire; i know how easy it can be to loose everything, i live in a high risk area in port lincoln and was saved by about 10 minutes from the blaze just last month.

The bank i think is a good place to contrubute money towards the victoms of this tragedy as i know at least it will get to who is in need of it, i dont know if every bank is collecting tho. Once i eventually get my big beddie home i will work on giving some more too, every little bit helps.
Lewy

[THEBED]

Yes I agree, hope to get to the bank and donate some $$ on Friday.
Money wont reduce peoples pain but hopefully it will help them live on.
Our place was close to the danger, but thankfully for us it went away from us.
I can only emagine the terrible pain the unlucky one must be feeling.
Come on all you Bedford lovers, give as much as you can.