Charlie Simpson, 7-Year-Old, Raises $160,000 For Haiti

Charlie's an angel: Charlie Simpson was so upset by the devastating images of quake-ravaged Haiti that he asked his mother if she could help him set up a sponsored bicycle ride around his local park in London for the relief effort. He was hoping to raise $800. Instead, his Internet page was flooded with $160,000 in donations.
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Charlie Simpson, 7-Year-Old, Raises $160,000 For Haiti
| 01/25/10 02:47 PM |

LONDON — A young British schoolboy has raised more than 100,000 pounds ($160,000) Monday for Haiti's relief effort by cycling round his local park.

Seven-year-old Charlie Simpson was so upset by the images of Haiti's deadly earthquake that he asked his mother if she could help him set up a sponsored bicycle ride around a west London park.

Charlie originally hoped to raise 500 pounds (for UNICEF's Haiti appeal with Sunday's 5-mile (8-kilometer) bike ride, but his Internet page was flooded with donations.

He raised nearly 50,000 pounds in a single day. Charlie's story was splashed on the front page of Britain's Daily Mirror newspaper on Monday, and money is still flooding in.

"I want to make some money to buy food, water and tents for everyone in Haiti," he said on his fundraising Web site.

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ETA, thanks for posting this!

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and wanted to hug him through the TV. :applause:

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thanks for posting this story.

it's stories like this that give me hope for the future. God bless that little boy!

There is hope for the future. Kids can be amazing.

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way to go kid!

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Awesome!