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Andy rides to Paris for Shaare Zedek

Andrew Marsden is raising money for Shaare Zedek UK
“Andrew Marsden's fundraising”

on 20 July 2011

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Shaare Zedek UK raises vital funds to support the work of the Shaare Zedek Medical Centre in Jerusalem, one of Israel's busiest hospitals. The hospital combines Jewish values and traditions with world-class standards of medical excellence and treats every patient equally and without discrimination

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<p>Hi its that time of year again. I'm off to Paris by bike on a 300km trip to raise as much money as possible for the new Sharee Zedek children's hospital in Jerusalem. &nbsp;The hospital treats children from all backgrounds, religions and may of the surrounding countries. You may recall I did this two years ago cycling to Amsterdam and I swore I would never do it again. Well obviously bike rides are a bit like like giving birth - messy, painful and lots of blood - but after a while you forget the pain and remember the sense of achievement and you think it would be a good idea to do it again. &nbsp;So all I need is your help support and of course money. As much as you can afford. Forget your gas bills or going on holiday sponsor me - please.</p> <p>As with last time a kind donor has agreed to pay all my expenses so every penny I raise will go to the hospital. &nbsp;</p> <p><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:OfficeDocumentSettings> <o:AllowPNG /> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves /> <w:TrackFormatting /> <w:PunctuationKerning /> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas /> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:DoNotPromoteQF /> <w:LidThemeOther>EN-GB</w:LidThemeOther> <w:LidThemeAsian>X-NONE</w:LidThemeAsian> <w:LidThemeComplexScript>X-NONE</w:LidThemeComplexScript> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables /> <w:SnapToGridInCell /> <w:WrapTextWithPunct /> <w:UseAsianBreakRules /> <w:DontGrowAutofit /> <w:SplitPgBreakAndParaMark /> 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