{"id":700,"date":"2010-12-30T15:12:59","date_gmt":"2010-12-30T15:12:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/p=?700"},"modified":"2010-12-30T15:12:59","modified_gmt":"2010-12-30T15:12:59","slug":"michael-ball-lends-support-to-fantastic-charity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/michael-ball-lends-support-to-fantastic-charity\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Ball lends support to “fantastic” charity"},"content":{"rendered":"
Michael Ball has lent his support to brave troops injured while fighting for their country.<\/p>\n
The singer and actor helped to launch an Edinburgh-based campaign that aims to raise cash for the Help for Heroes cause, the Scotsman reports.<\/p>\n
People attending the city's Hogmanay street party are being asked to send a text message – detailing their New Year resolutions – that will be displayed on large screens on New Year's Day along Princes Street.<\/p>\n
And 25 pence from each submission will then be donated to the charity.<\/p>\n
Ball – currently appearing in the musical Hairspray at Edinburgh's Playhouse Theatre – described Help for Heroes as a "fantastic charity".<\/p>\n
He said: "My resolution for 2011 is to build more bridges and what better way to put that into practice than to encourage you all to text your messages."<\/p>\n
The Sun newspaper and Best Buy UK recently teamed up to send ten free iPads out to soldiers currently serving on the front line in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n
Posted by Trevor Smith
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The singer is backing a text message campaign in Edinburgh aimed at raising money for Help for Heroes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5992,"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":"\n