Motojimm's Thetford Hamper Appeal video
A Thetford motovlogger and social media influencer with more than 650,000 followers and a world marathon list runner have joined forces to help bring more Christmas cheer to the town.
Jimmy Boyce, otherwise known as motojimm online, and Melanie Furness who has finished more than 300 marathons and has also raised funds totalling more £70,000 for charities in the past, have come together to create hampers to hand out to nominated people in need.
This is the fourth year that the Thetford Hamper Appeal has taken place.
Jimmy Boyce, otherwise known as motojimm online, and Melanie Furness who has finished more than 300 marathons and has also raised funds totalling more £70,000 for charities in the past, have come together to create hampers to hand out to nominated people in need.
This is the fourth year that the Thetford Hamper Appeal has taken place.
Transcript
00:00 A lot of people struggle around Christmas time.
00:02 Some families struggle more than others.
00:04 For a little while now, I've wanted to do something to help out in those scenarios.
00:08 So I've decided to use my online following in a way to help out.
00:12 I found this charity and they basically provide supplies and gifts to said families that are struggling more than others.
00:18 And I've set up a GoFundMe where any money raised from now until around about the 15th of December,
00:24 I am going to use that to personally buy supplies, food, gifts for children and hand deliver it to this charity.
00:32 Everything is going to be transparent.
00:34 It's all going to be posted to my Instagram, so make sure you're following that for the updates.
00:37 And I'll be hand delivering it to the charity.
00:40 If you want to get involved, go to my website.
00:42 The GoFundMe will be on the homepage. Just scroll down a little bit.
00:45 If you can, donations would be much appreciated.
00:48 As I said, it will be fully transparent. Everything will be posted to my Instagram.
00:52 And then around about Christmas time, I'll bring out a full video showcasing from start to finish what we've all accomplished together.
00:58 So yeah, I'm really excited for this one.
01:01 Guys, as I said, if you want to go help, go to the website. It's motogym.co.uk and the GoFundMe will be on the front page.
01:07 There will be a lot more details on there, but until then, Christmas time is coming.
01:11 Get your decorations up. Not yet, because it's still November.
01:13 I'm going to go because it's chilly.
01:15 Thank you guys.