Re: 'Missing People' Xmas dinner raises £100,000 in one night

**bb1** Tue Dec 08, 2015 4:58 pm

Missing People ‏@missingpeople 4h4 hours ago
Thank you to all who contributed and came to last night's carol service at @smitf_london

'Missing People' Xmas dinner raises £100,000 in one night - Page 2 CVtnf5fXAAADZ-x

'Missing People' Xmas dinner raises £100,000 in one night - Page 2 CVtnf5fXAAADZ-x

**lily** Tue Dec 08, 2015 6:44 pm

Looks like it had good attendance.

**Pedro Silva** Tue Dec 08, 2015 11:25 pm

My friends, please, support the Home for Xmas campaign, also spread to everyone you know, thank you.

http://campaign.justgiving.com/charity/missingpeople/homeforchristmas2015

**bb1** Wed Dec 09, 2015 10:21 am

A very worthwhile cause, Pedro.

**bb1** Thu Dec 10, 2015 2:55 pm

'Missing People' Xmas dinner raises £100,000 in one night - Page 2 2F36F7EC00000578-3353090-Christine_and_Peter_Boxell_whose_son_Lee_has_been_missing_for_27-a-2_1449752745640

Christine and Peter Boxell whose son Lee has been missing for 27 years took part in the campaign alongside the McCann's

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-3353090/Kate-Gerry-McCann-list-22-things-miss-Madeleine.html#ixzz3twCsb4CS
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A nice piece, and very poignant; sadly, the haters are bound to trail their filthy fingers all over it.

**lily** Thu Dec 10, 2015 3:33 pm

Oh my goodness. What a heartbreaking article and that song "I miss you" is so difficult to hear....... Crying or Very sad

**bb1** Thu Dec 10, 2015 7:30 pm

Oh, that's nice, the Portuguese media are covering this, too:

http://www.noticiasaominuto.com/mundo/501364/mccann-revelam-as-22-caracteristicas-de-maddie-de-que-sentem-falta

McCann Maddie reveals the 22 characteristics that miss
Girl disappeared when she was only three years

Maddie McCann has been missing for more than eight years. The last time he was seen was in a holiday resort in Praia da Luz in the Algarve. Since then there have been many campaigns to find the girl.

This year, Kate and Gerry are preparing to celebrate another Christmas in the company of twins, but again without Maddie.

As part of a campaign for the British Association of Missing Persons, the couple shared a list of 22 things about the daughter who miss most. Another 11 families did the same.
The goal, says the Daily Mail, is to not allow to be forgotten children who are still missing.

So Kate and Gerry revealed that miss the "smile", the "laughter", the "eyes" of the "dimples" and "sense of humor" daughter.

And more. The list are still part of the "cleverness", the "voice", "Talk", the "company" and "the look" cunning.

The couple also confesses that he misses hear Maddie "sing" and comb your hair.

"Embrace her, catch her in his arms, kissing her on the forehead and sleep next to her" are actions that father and mother guarantee miss.

At the end of the list, Kate and Gerry wrote that they miss the "complete family of five," stressing that they feel "out of it" and that many have "missed" Maddie.

Not the best bit of googlespeak ever, but good to see.

Reading those heartbreaking stories in the Mail, it's clear that Missing People are a lifeline for families missing a loved one.

**lily** Thu Dec 10, 2015 8:07 pm

Reading those heartbreaking stories in the Mail, it's clear that Missing People are a lifeline for families missing a loved one.

Of course they are, Bonny. They know what they are all going through. It is often hell on earth for them and they can help each other through.

**bb1** Thu Dec 10, 2015 10:09 pm

'Missing People' Xmas dinner raises £100,000 in one night - Page 2 CV5WMRwWEAAwMI7

Looks like the Express has a piece, too.

**Pedro Silva** Thu Dec 10, 2015 10:12 pm

bb1, your words are mine.

**Pedro Silva** Thu Dec 10, 2015 10:13 pm

My friends, this was taken from The Daily Express newspaper:

http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/625872/Madeleine-McCann-Heartache-Christmas

**bb1** Thu Dec 10, 2015 10:19 pm

Thanks, Pedro, I didn't expect it to be online so early.

'We miss Madeleine's Xmas excitement' McCanns share heartache in run-up to Christmas

THE parents of Madeleine McCann have told in a heart rending message how they bitterly miss sharing their daughter's excitement in the run up to Christmas as well as her smile, her dimples and her "chat".

By TRACEY KANDOHLA
PUBLISHED: 00:00, Thu, Dec 10, 2015 | UPDATED: 21:21, Thu, Dec 10, 2015

Kate and Gerry McCann's poignant long list of what they most miss about Maddie accompanies a powerful image of the couple standing at the front door of their home.

The new picture snapped for charity Missing People's Home for Christmas Exhibition is among 12 pictures of families of lost loved ones who are suffering the same heartache.

Wistful Kate and Gerry, whose daughter vanished more than eight-and-a-half years ago, are captured standing on the doormat of their comfortable detached house in Rothley, Leics, with arms wrapped around each other - waiting for their daughter's return.

Green and yellow ribboned floral tributes, symbolising hope and solidarity, adorn the cast-iron wall lights.

A charity spokesperson says: "These powerful images depict these families standing by their front door, symbolising the hopes and fears experienced by those who are desperately searching and waiting for news."

Heart doctor Gerry and former GP Kate, both 47, are casually dressed as they pose for the shot which has been on public view in London until a few weeks ago.

It has been taken by photographer James O Jenkins (crct) and formed part of an exhibition at The crypt at St-Martin-in-the-Fields at Trafalgar Square to highlight the thousands of people across Britain who are living in limbo after the disappearance of a family member.

Kate and Gerry refuse to give up hope of finding their eldest child, who would now be aged 12. She disappeared from a holiday apartment in Portugal's Praia da Luz in May 2007 just days before her fourth birthday. The couple have been buoyed up by recent news that an abducted boy in America was found alive after 13 years.

Underneath their photo they list "What we miss about Madeleine." Among the 22 special things mentioned are "sharing her excitement in the run up to Christmas" and "spoiling her on her birthday".

Other words conjure up a picture of the kidnapped youngster - "her smile, her laughter, her eyes, her dimples, her sense of humour, her smartness, her imitations of people and characters, her voice, her 'chat', her company, that knowing look, her singing."

**Pedro Silva** Thu Dec 10, 2015 10:22 pm

bb1, I agree with you: "Oh, that's nice, the Portuguese media are covering this, too:".

**Pedro Silva** Thu Dec 10, 2015 10:22 pm

you welcome bb1.

**lily** Thu Dec 10, 2015 10:42 pm

It's so nice for newspapers to write about Madeleine at this time of the year. santa

**bb1** Thu Dec 10, 2015 10:44 pm

It also brings all those other missing people to public attention, which is a bonus.

**Pedro Silva** Thu Dec 10, 2015 10:45 pm

My friends, your words are mine.

**lily** Thu Dec 10, 2015 10:54 pm

Yes it does. I apologize for leaving that out......

**Pedro Silva** Fri Dec 11, 2015 6:49 pm

big true:

"t's so nice for newspapers to write about Madeleine at this time of the year.

It also brings all those other missing people to public attention, which is a bonus."

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