Joining The Challenge! – LAST YEARS RECORD IS BEATEN BY OVER 10,000 BAGS!!
The Plymouth Brethren are again participating in the British Heart Foundations Great British Bag-athon challenge. The BHF’s target for this year is One million bags, an inspiring goal. Last year the PBCC became Bag-athon legends when they collected an incredible 2768 bags for the BHF.
With over 300 churches nationwide the brethren teams are rallying with enthusiasm to do all we can to match or if possible even beat last year’s excellent result.
The British Heart Foundation is the UK’s number one heart charity dedicated to fighting heart disease. Coronary heart disease is the UK’s single biggest killer and the BHF are leading the fight against it, and have been doing so now for over 50 years.
With a number of members of the PBCC having experienced heart problems in their own families, and having proven the benefits of the latest research and technology that in many cases has been funded by such charitable actions, the PBCC have great respect for this dedicated charity and are committed to helping their research teams by getting unreservedly involved in this challenge. We realise the vital help that is provided to the charity through every single extra bag that is donated.
You can view the BHF Bag-athon challenge here http://bag-athon.bhf.org.uk/
You can see below a snapshot of where the PBCC are up to in the bag-athon league tables.
And the result?
An outstanding 12,998 bags for the BHF, this is absolutely incredible. Words cannot really describe the level of achievement that this displays. A fantastic display of teamwork and unselfishness makes this a success that will be remembered for a long time.
We will shortly be putting up a new blog to display the final outcome figures and any photo’s we may have!
Many thanks to all who have worked so hard to turn this challenge into an inspirational success for the BHF!!
Bagathon Update 04.10.13
Anyone having a bag day?
They said the driver is in a bag mood!
It’s got a big bagside.
Room for one more
Can still see the floor
We look forward to seeing more pictures and further updates as the bag collecting goes on!!
I have just seen this morning’s total – over 8 thousand bags… how amazing!!!!!!! WELL DONE all you hard-working collectors, you should be so proud of yourselves!!! LOL to you all 🙂
Well done team! Keep donating – we’re going to really make a difference! We’ve donated 8080 so far … keep going!
What a great feeling! ‘Wake me up, when September ends’ with a clearer wardrobe and a better heart – all the best for BHF and the bag-a-thon challenge!
So many bags of useful things no longer required going to a very worthy cause – keep up the good work, somebody will be very glad of these things.
Dead right Josie – and we’re not just doing this to beat a challenge (much as we love challenges :>), but to help many people who suffer every day with heart-related diseases. We don’t know who most of these people are, can’t reach them directly, but they’re all God’s people and we want to help them… by giving to the challenge it’s our way of donating the vital help and research they need.
BHF website says each bag can be sold for around £20… we’ve collected 8861 so that’s over £170,000 from our support thus far!!! That’s why we do it…
Hey! When it comes to the sheer number of bags collected for the PBCC we’re right up at the top :0 🙂 🙂 Congrats to the Bug and Dumpling that carried 279 bags up hill and down dale! KEEP IT UP EVERYONE!!! The end is not in sight till Monday!
Will BHF need any more stock till the next bagathon I wonder… Be interesting to see how much everyone still has to give away next year!!!
fil em bags
full of stuff
big stuff
small stuff
shoes and
that old rain coat in your garage
ABSOLUTELY PHENOMENAL!! WE’VE HIT 7013 ALREADY!!!
Let’s go for 10,000!!!
BHF will be dancing!
The PBCC thought and thought
what can we do to help this lot?
Last year’s record must be beat
we must be just, we cannot cheat.
We called in Granny to help us out
and she came through roundabout.
Poor Gramps he lost his easy chair
when it became a bagging lair.
He kept his cool while she kept on bagging
She wouldn’t stop – she wasn’t lagging.
Oh Granny, Granny, you can’t be beat
You have accomplished an astounding feat!
With help from all; the PBCC has done it again
They blew away legend & their target then.
We’ll give them all a resounding HIP HIP HOORAY
For helping the BHF Bagathon on its way.
Congratulations – not only was 4939 left in the dust but so was the target – absolutely smashing – teamwork at its best!
awesome, good work
Congratulations on bagging your target!
Thank you to bloggers for 45 mins of family entertainment.
Free bags to all, old fruit! (Very old fruit)
Well done baggers – this is one amazing effort – keep it up
Good to see the bottom of wardrobes and drawers again! well done everyone!!!
Well done team! We’ve smashed our SuperTarget of 5000!!! We’re at 5563 now – well on our way to 6000!
Keep collecting – keep donating – keep supporting BHF!
Try saying this whilst eating marshmallows………..
Billy Baggley bagged a bag of bric-a-brac
A bag of bric-a-brac Billy Baggley bagged
If Billy Baggley bagged for Bognor in the bag-a-thon
Where’s the bags of bric-a-brac Billy Baggley bagged??
There once was a bagger called Granny
Whose Bagathon skills were uncanny
She filled bags non-stop
Now we’re right at the top!
A round of applause for old Granny!
Aye, the ancient old bagger called Granny
Is really just terribly canny!
She has a great team
Who are all on the beam
And do most of the work for old Granny!
the grand old Plymouth brethren
collected 10000 bags(nearly anyway…)
they gave them to the BHF
for their bagathon
t’were filled with peoples clothes
and other peoples shoes
but every bag to the BHF
made sure we wouldn’t lose…
(sung to – the Grand Old Duke of York)
Baa baa bag sheep
Baa baa bag sheep
Have you many bags?
Yes Gran Yes Gran
And a heap of rags
One from the cupboard
Two from the roof
To get rid of everything that’s long in the tooth.
Very good – you win the free bag!
4939!!!!!!!!!!! if my maths is right we have got 31 bags to get 5000!!!!!!! can we do it by the end of friday????? YES WE CAN…..
🙂
Um your maths is wrong…make that 61?!
Your maths is not right!!
Well done tho :~)
20, 11 to go!
OH YES!!! look at the total now!!!!!!
6397………………………………….
Told you we could get 5000 by the end of the day!!!
Thank you to EVERYONE who has helped us…….We also thank EVERY blogger on here for thier cont. support!!!!!!!!
NEW FIGURE 2 HEAD FOR!!
10000 BY TUESDAY…….
Can we do it~???
8080! …can we get 10,000 now??? Well done everyone!!
my dad has nearly just had a heart attack celebrating sending 82 bags to the local BHF!!!!!!! I fear what will happen when they register on here………..!
only 61 to go!!
large scale pats on backs all round. WELL DONE EVERYONE ;-D