<p><span style="color: #ff0000;"> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 15.0px 0.0px; font: 15.0px Arial; color: #750000;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; color: #800000;">Thank you for visiting my JustGiving page.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 15.0px Arial;"><strong><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; color: #000080;">THE CHALLENGE</span></strong></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 15.0px Arial;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; color: #000080;">To celebrate the good fortune of being 50 on Feb 14th I am planning to swim 50km in the 25m pool of Green's Heath Club between Saturday 5th - Saturday 12th February 2011.&nbsp; 50km is 2000 lengths but since it is 2011 I'm adding a few on!</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 15.0px 0.0px; font: 15.0px Arial; color: #731481; min-height: 17.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 15.0px 0.0px; font: 15.0px Arial;"><strong><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; color: #0000ff;">WHY CROHN'S and COLITIS UK?</span></strong></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 15.0px 0.0px; font: 15.0px Arial;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; color: #0000ff;">This time 17 years ago I was recuperating from major surgery to remove my large bowel which was beyond recovery after enduring a decade of Ulcerative Colitis. Ulcerative Colitis is a form of Irritable Bowel Disease. To date, there is no known cause for this condition. &nbsp;</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 15.0px 0.0px; font: 15.0px Arial;"><strong><span style="color: #3366ff;">THE MONEY RAISED</span></strong></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 15.0px 0.0px; font: 15.0px Arial;"><span style="color: #3366ff;">The money raised by Crohn's and Colitis UK provides medical research awards (totalling &pound;250,000 in 2010). &nbsp;Hopefully someday, somebody will make a significant breakthrough.&nbsp;</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 15.0px 0.0px; font: 15.0px Arial;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; color: #3366ff;">Any contribution would be greatly appreciated.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 15.0px Arial;"><span style="color: #800000;"><strong><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Thank you for getting this far.</span></strong></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 15.0px Arial;"><span style="color: #800000;"><strong><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Dave</span></strong></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 15.0px Arial;"><strong><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; color: #000000;"><br /></span></strong></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 15.0px 0.0px; font: 15.0px Arial; color: #001781;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 15.0px 0.0px; font: 15.0px Arial; color: #001781;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><em>Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving &ndash; they&rsquo;ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they&rsquo;ll send your money directly to the charity and make sure Gift Aid is reclaimed on every eligible donation by a UK taxpayer. So it&rsquo;s the most efficient way to donate - I raise more, whilst saving time and cutting costs for the charity.</em></span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p>