{"id":287,"date":"2010-05-14T15:18:31","date_gmt":"2010-05-14T15:18:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/p=?287"},"modified":"2010-05-14T15:18:31","modified_gmt":"2010-05-14T15:18:31","slug":"car-enthusiasts-prepare-for-rally-charity-fundraiser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/car-enthusiasts-prepare-for-rally-charity-fundraiser\/","title":{"rendered":"Car enthusiasts prepare for rally charity fundraiser"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two car fanatics from Watford are to do their bit for charity by driving a military-stylTwo car fanatics from Watford are to do their bit for charity by driving a military-style van in the Urban Allstar Rally from High Wycombe to Barcelona.<\/p>\n<p>Michael Ashcroft and Tom Mackey have raised &pound;610 for Help for Heroes so far and are hoping to generate a lot more before taking part in the race in June, the Watford Observer reports.<\/p>\n<p>Tom&rsquo;s father Richard said that he is pleased his son is taking part in the event and doing something to help people less fortunate than himself.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;It&rsquo;s also a great thing for the image of younger lads, especially when you see images in the paper of people out getting drunk &ndash; this is something really good,&quot; he told the newspaper.<\/p>\n<p>The pair have painted their van in military-style camouflage colours and have called themselves the Bomb Squad.<\/p>\n<p>It seems everyone is gearing up to do their bit to support Help for Heroes, with Forcespenpals.co.uk sponsoring a 311 mile bike ride by 50 soldiers from the UK to Holland aimed at raising money for the charity.<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ADNFCR-2867-ID-19778411-ADNFCR\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.directnews.co.uk\/feedtrack\/justcopyright.gif?feedid=2867&amp;itemid=19778411\"\/> van in the Urban Allstar Rally from High Wycombe to Barcelona.<\/p>\n<p>Michael Ashcroft and Tom Mackey have raised &pound;610 for Help for Heroes so far and are hoping to generate a lot more before taking part in the race in June, the Watford Observer reports.<\/p>\n<p>Tom&rsquo;s father Richard said that he is pleased his son is taking part in the event and doing something to help people less fortunate than himself.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;It&rsquo;s also a great thing for the image of younger lads, especially when you see images in the paper of people out getting drunk &ndash; this is something really good,&quot; he told the newspaper.<\/p>\n<p>The pair have painted their van in military-style camouflage colours and have called themselves the Bomb Squad.<\/p>\n<p>It seems everyone is gearing up to do their bit to support Help for Heroes, with Forcespenpals.co.uk sponsoring a 311 mile bike ride by 50 soldiers from the UK to Holland aimed at raising money for the charity.<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ADNFCR-2867-ID-19778411-ADNFCR\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.directnews.co.uk\/feedtrack\/justcopyright.gif?feedid=2867&amp;itemid=19778411\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Help for Heroes charity is set to receive a boost from a very unusual fundraiser. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6405,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.5 - 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