Thanks for all your pledges! The Reeves family have set up a fund for donations towards rebuilding the Reeves Corner area. Please make your donations here: http://www.houseofreeves.com/fire-at-hou...
"I will Donate £10 to fund to help rebuild the House of Reeves furniture store in Croydon but only if 1,000 other people will donate what they can too."
— Mark Thompson
Deadline to sign up by: 28th August 2011
1,038 people signed up (38 over target)
Country: United Kingdom
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The House of Reeves is a furniture store that existed for nearly 150 years in Croydon until 8th August 2011 when it was burned down during the riots.
This pledge exists to help with the rebuilding of the store that was owned and run by five generations of the Reeves family.
Payments (added 18 August 2011): Reeves have set up an account independent of the company, the funds from which will go to regeneration in the Reeves Corner area. If you want to make your payment to that, you can pay online at:
http://www.houseofreeves.com/fire-at-hou...
For more information, contact Mark, the pledge creator: http://www.pledgebank.com/RebuildReeves/...
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I don't expect it will change your mind but the purpose of the pledge is quite clear and you don't have to pledge if you don't think it's a worthy cause.
There are already all sorts of campaigns for other businesses and people launching and running and good luck to all of them. There are loads of people affected by these riots and I hope all of them get all the help they need. Indeed I intend to contribute to some of them myself and I suspect others who have pledged here will do so too. They do not have to be mutually exclusive.
My heartfelt condolences especially to the Reeves family and also to the people of Croyden.
Well done Mark
Bravo Mark and I look forward to learning details of where to donate to. x
Like many I was particularly moved when Sky News spoke to the family about this. Was upsetting.
Ive used the text messaging service although not quite sure how it works - does the £10 just come off my bill?
Great cause!!
I hope this helps to restore the publics and family's faith in human nature.
x x
It was destroyed in hours by selfish and heartless creatures.
Best of luck to the Reeves family and their staff. And thanks to Mark for giving us the opportunity to show our support.
Message to all fellow pledgers, the email from Mark on how to pay arrived in my JUNK MAIL ..
Thank you Mark
Thanks again Mark and to all the other pledgers, now let's give what we pledged as quickly as we can!
It would be helpful to have a 'done' facility more easily available for big petitions, esp with not so broadband mobile PC users - perhaps as an option next to sign in.
To do this, click "Login" or "My Pledges" at the top right of the page. Once you're logged in, you'll see "Have you now done what you pledged?" and a "Yes!" button. Click the button.
Note that it's an honesty-based system, as we have no way of checking whether people actually have contributed, but we're really pleased to help in coordinating this project. Thank you, people!
Good luck and best wishes!