David Rogers

[Mahatma bag]

Set out to raise some money for the Motor Neurone Disease Association by running the London Marathon last weekend.

Unbelievebly sadly, David collapsed at the end of the race and subsequently died.

He was 22 years old.

His fundraising target was £1,000.

I just thought it would be great if PHers could look at his fund-raising page and, if they are able, possibly make a contribution to his charity.

Link here to David's page here: www.justgiving.com/drogers

Cheers

MB

[missdiane]

Done!
(wasnt much though, pay day seemed like 2 years ago)
Sad news and he was a local too

Edited by missdiane on Wednesday 25th April 23:34

[EmmaP]

A very worthy cause. It is a terrible disease. I had the pleasure of meeting an ex-RAF fighter pilot last year who has the disease. He is still sharp as a button mentally. He even got a double entendre that I missed, and that's saying something

[mentalsarcasm]

This is the disease that my Grandad died of. I'll donate once my loan comes in (only have £10 for petrol left in my bank account).

[srebbe64]

Will donate in the morning - Mum, on page one, who had no idea of what was to come, moved me to tears!

Kids shouldn't die before their parents.

[Ray Luxury-Yacht]

Done. Feeling lucky that I can still carry on running. RIP. Poor lad.

[abarthchris]

srebbe64 said:

Will donate in the morning - Mum, on page one, who had no idea of what was to come, moved me to tears!

Kids shouldn't die before their parents.

man, that properly got to me...

rest in peace lad, you were only a year younger than me

[matt172]

done

[lightningghost]

That is terrible. I'm glad to see Justgiving donated £250.


The sudden change in tone of comments is awful.

[becca_viola]

Donated. Uningspeakable.

[zippee]

lightningghost said:

That is terrible. I'm glad to see Justgiving donated £250.


The sudden change in tone of comments is awful.

becca_viola said:

Donated. Uningspeakable.

If you guys are talking about the comments on the 3rd page look at the dates - donated well before the event...

[becca_viola]

zippee said:

lightningghost said:

That is terrible. I'm glad to see Justgiving donated £250.


The sudden change in tone of comments is awful.

becca_viola said:

Donated. Uningspeakable.

If you guys are talking about the comments on the 3rd page look at the dates - donated well before the event...

Nono thats what we meant - it's awful how it goes so suddenly from everything being fine to everything being so very, very not fine. Really brings it home.

[dave_s13]

Very sad, I will donate in a bit.

Morbid curiosity but what makes a 22yr old lad die from running a bit..what happened to the poor sod?

[matt172]

dave_s13 said:

Very sad, I will donate in a bit.

Morbid curiosity but what makes a 22yr old lad die from running a bit..what happened to the poor sod?

Taken from the Milton Keynes news

MKNews said:

David suffered hypoatraemia following kidney failure. It was caused by a sodium deficiency while running the 26.2mile race.

www.mk-news.co.uk/mknews/DisplayArticle.asp?ID=79406

[zippee]

becca_viola said:

zippee said:

lightningghost said:

That is terrible. I'm glad to see Justgiving donated £250.


The sudden change in tone of comments is awful.

becca_viola said:

Donated. Uningspeakable.

If you guys are talking about the comments on the 3rd page look at the dates - donated well before the event...

Nono thats what we meant - it's awful how it goes so suddenly from everything being fine to everything being so very, very not fine. Really brings it home.

Sorry! My apologies, I will certainly be dontaing on Monday when I get paid.

[knight]

Will try again tomorrow as the donation page is dwon at the mo

[ruby tuesday]

What a tragedy, when you think of all the yobs around and yet this young man selflessly tried to raise money in memory of his grandfather and friend and that had to happen - life definitely isn't fair.

[sebo]

Donated on the site, make me very sad to see this. He was 3 years my junior, really brings it home.

[RichBurley]

Donated. He died too young, doing something to help others. A true hero.

[angrys3owner]

Not sure how I missed this, that's pretty sad.