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Updated on Jun 24th 2011 at 4:47 PM from the JustGiving API
only 12 days till my volcanic Icelandic trek to help find a cure for MS please please donate and help one day find a cure thanks xxxx
<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9px; color: #1c1c1c; line-height: 8px;"> <div class="box-msg clearfix relative" style="margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 9px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #ffffff; display: block; min-height: 80px; height: 80px; position: relative; width: 530px; line-height: 12px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 20px; border: 1px dotted #5f2c76 !important;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal;" lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">As you maybe aware, this time last year, I was busy preparing for a trek to Iceland to take place in June 2010.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Unfortunately, due to the volcanic ash crisis, the trek had to be relocated to Romania.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Despite an amazing and very successful trek across the Transylvanian Alps, I was disappointed to have missed out on the Iceland experience.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, I am delighted that I have once again been given this amazing opportunity and in July 2011 I am undertaking a trek across Iceland for 5 days to raise much needed money for Aims2Cure, a Charity who fund research into finding a cure for Multiple Sclerosis. </span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal;" lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #000000; font-size: x-small;"> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal;" lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The 60km trek will be across Iceland’s challenging Southern Highlands, one of the country’s most actively volcanic areas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The days will be long, covering difficult terrain, steep climbs and descents, as well as walking across snowfields.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We will be sleeping under canvas each night after having to put up our own tents!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal;" lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #000000; font-size: x-small;"> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal;" lang="EN-US">To tell you a little bit more about Aims2Cure – they are a registered charity, established in 1999 who finance research into finding a cure for Multiple Sclerosis </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">at The Institute of Neurology and The Institute of Cell and Molecular Science, both in London.</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="color: #000000; font-size: x-small;"> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">In 2007 Aims2Cure set up</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal;" lang="EN-US"> The Michele Elster Foundation to help fund MS sufferers directly with their everyday lives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">The late Michele Elster was an MS sufferer who tragically lost her life to the disease in 2006.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To date, Aims2Cure have</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal;" lang="EN-US"> raised over £750,000 to try and eradicate one of the most common neurological diseases amongst young adults, currently affecting around 85,000 people in the UK.</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal;" lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #000000; font-size: x-small;"> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal;" lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #000000; font-size: x-small;">I am writing to ask if you would sponsor me and thus help Aims2Cure continue their amazing work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To do this, please log onto my Just Giving page </span><span style="color: #0000ff; font-size: x-small;"><font size="2" color="#0000ff"><a href="http://www.justgiving.com/Daniella-Conwayding">www.justgiving.com/Daniella-Conway</a></font><font size="2" color="#000000">ding</font></span><span style="color: #000000; font-size: x-small;"> me a cheque made payable to </span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";" lang="EN-US"><strong>Aims2Cure</strong></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal;" lang="EN-US">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;" lang="EN-US"><strong><span style="color: #000000;"> </span></strong></span></em></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;" lang="EN-US"><strong><span style="color: #000000;">I am making a contribution towards the cost of the trek myself and the charity are paying the balance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I would be very grateful and appreciative for any support you may be able to give to finding a cure into the unbearable disease that is Multiple Sclerosis.</span></strong></span></em></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal;" lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #000000; font-size: x-small;"> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal;" lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #000000;">Thank you for taking the time to read this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have already begun my strict training regime for this exciting challenge and I am determined and passionate about this cause.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I hope you feel as strongly as I do and your generosity will be greatly appreciated not only by the charity but by all those they are trying so hard to help.</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal;" lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #000000; font-size: x-small;"> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal;" lang="EN-US">If you would like more information about Aims2Cure, please visit their website</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";" lang="EN-US"><strong> at www.aims2cure.org.uk.</strong></span></span></span></p> <a class="lnk_readmore" style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 9px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; color: #2a42c6; text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; float: right; position: relative; right: 30px; z-index: 150; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;" href="http://www.justgiving.com/Lisa-Simbler">Close</a></div> <p> <p> <div id="fundraisingPage" class="two-column-wrapper" style="margin-top: 26px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: auto; outline-width: 0px; 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