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[minidave1991-89]

Hi everyone.

Next year (Spring time) we are proposing to hold a mini rally in the Leicester area in aid of the Cystic Fibrosis trust.

You may be asking yourself what is Cystic Fibrosis?

• Cystic Fibrosis (CF) is one of the UK's most common life-threatening inherited diseases.

• Cystic Fibrosis affects over 9,000 people in the UK.

• Over two million people in the UK carry the faulty gene that causes Cystic Fibrosis - around 1 in 25 of the population.

• If two carriers have a child, the baby has a 1 in 4 chance of having Cystic Fibrosis.

• Cystic Fibrosis affects the internal organs, especially the lungs and digestive system, by clogging them with thick sticky mucus. This makes it hard to breathe and digest food.

• Each week, five babies are born with Cystic Fibrosis.

• Each week, two young lives are lost to Cystic Fibrosis.

• Only half of those living with Cystic Fibrosis are likely to live past their late 30s.

Myself and a close friend who has CF herself would really love to hold a rally where all proceeds go to the CF Trust. The CF trust need all the donations they can at the moment because of funding cuts. They are so close to finding a cure for CF and just need this boost to get them that one step closer.

Our ultimate goal is to have mini's and other classic cars from all over the country conviene on this event to show support of the charity and just to make the day memorable for everyone

Basically at the moment i am just looking for support of the idea....so would you attend??

We have had a few ideas on what would be at the event such as:

• £5.00 entry for all show cars
• Club stands ofcourse will be more than welcome
• possible trade stalls etc.
• Food and drink stalls

If anyone could let me know of any contacts which could help organise this event then i would be very grateful.

So yer, let me know what you think, all ideas and comments are welcome the more the merrier.

Thanks very much

Dave and Becki

p.s. Here is a link to the CF Trusts website if you would like more information http://www.cftrust.org.uk/

[mini1955]

hi i can have a word with our members to see how many could come
but it is a long way off at the moment , we would have a club stand
so you can pm me when you know more

[minimad82]

hi mate myself and couple of mini pals would be intrested

[Beej123]

PMed

[TfcIan]

I'd go, Leicester isn't far for me, it would be for a good cause and I'm sure it would be a good day out. I particularly like the idea of other classics being there, we don't see too many, apart from a couple of mini's and vw joint shoes, but they seem to be quite far away. It would make the show a bit more different to other shows if you did have other classics there, and that difference could pull more people in. :)