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Cantillon Team - 3 Peaks Challenge

Cantillon Limited is raising money for Whizz Kidz

Participants: Nick Taylor, David Strzelecki, Ian Brooks, Jason Crawley, David Crawley

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Cantillon & Whizz Kidz 3 Peak Challenge · 2 July 2011

Whizz Kidz provides young wheelchair users with the equipment and skills they need to live life as independently as possible, at home, at school, at work and beyond.

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;" lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">We&rsquo;re aiming to raise &pound;10,000 for Whizz Kidz by doing something seriously outside our expertise (and if it wasn&rsquo;t such a good cause, we&rsquo;d really be crazy to try)</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;" lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">&nbsp;</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;" lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">All our demolition projects are completed to programme, but taking down buildings seems like a piece of cake compared to hiking up the three highest mountains in the UK and <span style="text-decoration: underline;">all within 24 hrs</span>!&nbsp; </span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;" lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">&nbsp;</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;" lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The plan is to start early evening on Saturday 2 July 2011, and simply keep going until all three are done.&nbsp; We&rsquo;ll start with Ben Nevis in Scotland, then rest in the mini bus as we travel through the night to a very early start at Scarfell Pike in the Lakes before finishing with Snowdon the same day.&nbsp;&nbsp; Stamina and traffic allowing, we aim to do this well within the 24 hour limit.</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;" lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">&nbsp;</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;" lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">We&rsquo;re already in training and making the most of the burgeoning spring to hike up as many hills as we can find&hellip;&nbsp; We&rsquo;ve yet to get to a mountain range, but that&rsquo;s on the training schedule to tackle a couple before the big day!</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;" lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">&nbsp;</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;" lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">We&rsquo;re lucky.&nbsp; The only thing standing in our way of doing this is our own fitness; we need to get training and get hiking.&nbsp; The young people that Whizz Kidz aims to support aren&rsquo;t so lucky.&nbsp; There are still 70,000 children and young people waiting for the right wheelchair to help them live the life they should be living &ndash; as kids.</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;" lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">&nbsp;</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;" lang="EN-GB">Please give generously</span></strong><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;" lang="EN-GB"> to our challenge and together we can make sure Whizz Kidz can continue to </span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN;" lang="EN">provide kids with powered and lightweight manual wheelchairs, specialist trikes, and other vital mobility equipment.</span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;" lang="EN-GB"></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;" lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">&nbsp;</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;" lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Cantillon Three Peaks Challenge Team</span></span></span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p>

Donation summary

Total
£9,583.00
+ £503.01 Gift Aid
Online
£3,485.00
Offline
£6,098.00

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