Mum's topless Haiti skydive! (From Thurrock Gazette)
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Mum's topless Haiti skydive!
2:29pm Tuesday 9th February 2010 in News
Katrina Mager
A THURROCK woman is getting set to skydive for the Haiti charity appeal – topless!
Mother-of-two Katrina Mager, 32, says she has always wanted to do something big for charity and she thought now was the time when the devastating earthquake struck Haiti last month.
Ms Mager said: “I have always planned to do something for charity and after seeing all the devastation in Haiti it made me act. A lot of the time you are able to block out the realities, but not this time.
“I was meant to be doing the skydive with my friend Lynn, but she has been ruled out because of high blood pressure. She is the daredevil, I am really hoping she can still come up in the plane with me.”
The daredevil says she wants to raise at least £2,000 for the charity.
Ms Mager added: “I am petrified of doing it topless. At first it started as a joke, but a guy at UNICEF said it was a brilliant idea, he said only one other woman has skydived topless that he knew of.
“I want it to catch people’s attention and donate as much as they can.”
Katrina is set to do the dive on Saturday, March 20, in Suffolk.
Comments(10)
diggerdave
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8:15pm Tue 9 Feb 10
janiceysear
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8:49pm Tue 9 Feb 10
Mattster
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9:10pm Tue 9 Feb 10
janiceysear wrote:Absolutely, where can i sponsor this lady and possibly get a signed pic of the event? :)
All I can is - Good Luck and top marks to you, you have more "balls" tha me and people like Mattster and diggerdave. Hope you raise loads more than the £2000 you plan.
Baphomet
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9:34pm Tue 9 Feb 10
karen29
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1:05am Wed 10 Feb 10
Baphomet wrote:Did the floods in this country kill 200,000+ people?
Good luck to her but why do the people of this country go mad for charity when its to do with another country but fail to do anything for the needy in this country?? Where was all the offers from other countries when we had the floods? Charity begins at home.
Baphomet
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8:55am Wed 10 Feb 10
karen29 wrote:No it didn't but if it did no one would have helped us, except probably the yanks. Why is it that every diaster around the world becomes our problem and our government suddenly finds money to send out there but can't afford to keep old peoples homes open or pump more cash into the NHS. So this lady is going to get her boobs out for Haiti, I'd get my tackle out for St Lukes or some other worthy cause if I knew it would help.
Baphomet wrote:Did the floods in this country kill 200,000+ people?
Good luck to her but why do the people of this country go mad for charity when its to do with another country but fail to do anything for the needy in this country?? Where was all the offers from other countries when we had the floods? Charity begins at home.
katfly
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6:21pm Wed 10 Feb 10
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It will be fairly nippy up there I'm sure! I agree with some parts on 'charity starting at home', I do/have donated for home based charities and plan to continue with that. On the whole, we are not as dire as else where, on the whole we do have access to aid and help. Thousands of children are out there without food, warmth, shelter or parents. It's not about arguing over what country helps out the most or who didn't help us so why should we. It's about 'our world' so helping out at home & across the globe is equally important. Baphomet, I look forward to your charity raising event and will be happy to donate! Katrina x
Baphomet
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9:59pm Wed 10 Feb 10
I meant no disrespect to you, I just believe charity begins at home but good luck to you.
katfly
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1:56pm Thu 11 Feb 10
Mattster says...
5:27pm Tue 9 Feb 10