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Ben runs the London Marathon 2012

Ben Hathaway is raising money for Mercy Ships
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Virgin London Marathon 2012 · 22 April 2012 ·

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RCN 1053055 (England & Wales), SC039743 (Scotland)
Mercy Ships brings free, life-changing surgeries to women, men and children facing poverty in sub-Saharan Africa. We train healthcare professionals and build stronger medical services for everyone, creating change for decades to come. www.mercyships.org.uk

Story

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 5pt 0cm; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;quot; color: black;">Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page. I have decided to run my first (and&nbsp;hopefully my only) marathon with James Young for Mercy Ships, who take aid to Africa to people who'd otherwise have no health care at all. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Arial&amp;amp;quot;,&amp;amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;amp;quot;;">As you maybe aware I'm incredibly lazy and pretty unfit, and the thought of running any distance, let alone a&nbsp;marathon, makes me want to weep, and come up with a weak and&nbsp;laughably untrue&nbsp;excuse not to do it. The only way I am ever going to run (jog slowly) round is by doing it for charity, so&nbsp;take a look at these&nbsp;guys :&nbsp;<a href="http://www.mercyships.org.uk/">http://www.mercyships.org.uk/</a>&nbsp; They provide medical care for the poorest people in the world and are probably the closest thing to miracle workers you could find. So as well as the likely&nbsp;comedy of me bleeding from strange places, potentially wetting myself, and&nbsp;collapsing in a heap, which will bring humour to most of&nbsp;London, its going to help people who have literally nothing walk and see again, so a double win really.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Arial&amp;amp;quot;,&amp;amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;amp;quot;;">Anyway, any donation big or small is genuinely much appreciated, going to a really great cause. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Arial&amp;amp;quot;,&amp;amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;amp;quot;;">THANKYOU ! </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Arial&amp;amp;quot;,&amp;amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;amp;quot;;">Ben</span></p>

Donation summary

Total
£1,626.00
+ £367.25 Gift Aid
Online
£1,626.00
Offline
£0.00

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