Raised: 101%
Target: £4,000.00
Raised so far: £4,040.00
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My story

 

Hello!

At 9.30am on Saturday 12th September four Fothergills and a Trubshaw (plus support crew) anxiously awaited the start of the annual Marathon du Medoc looking to navigate the 26 mile (42km) course via its 23 (twenty three) wine tasting stations whilst embracing this year's "Circus" theme, dressed like something vaguely resembling a group of clowns.

We are pleased to report that all members successfully completed the marathon and thoroughly enjoyed what was a quite spectacular course whilst sampling the produce of the majority of the 53 rather grand chateaux en-route.

After careful consideration we had chosen to run on behalf of the charity Room to Read. We had hoped to raise sufficient funds to build and furnish a library, stock it with books, puzzles, posters and games as well as to train a librarian. In turn benefitting children for years to come in a remote part of the developing world and help to further address the alarming levels of illiteracy, especially amongst girls. The great news is that we have almost achieved our target and require just a few more donations to reach our pre-race goal.

Room to Read partners with local communities throughout the developing world to provide quality educational opportunities by establishing libraries, creating local language children's literature, constructing schools, and providing education to girls. They seek to intervene early in the lives of children in the belief that education empowers people to improve socioeconomic conditions for their families, communities, countries and future generations. Through the opportunities that only education can provide, Room to Read strives to break the cycle of poverty, one child at a time and in just 9 years, the organisation has reached over 3 million children with schools, libraries, books and scholarships. (For more details please visit www.roomtoread.org).

We all thank you for taking the time to visit this sponsorship page and our thanks in advance for your generous pledge.

Thank you and best wishes,

John, Ben, Simon, Richard & Mark.

 

* Our respective companies have pledged to double any funds raised, meaning your donation will go twice as far.

** Room to Read's founder, John Wood, has written an inspiring book "Leaving Microsoft to Change the World". Availble from all good book shops.

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Great work fothers, Clarets for Europa Fair Play League Donation by Simon Dickinson 24/11/09  

£40.00 + £11.28 Gift Aid

Up the Clarets! Donation by Paul Stockton 09/11/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Sorry I'm a bit late getting around to donating but well done! Donation by Jane Oliver 14/10/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Fantastic effort by you all, congratulations Donation by Alison Greenhalgh 11/10/09  

£40.00 + £11.28 Gift Aid

Congratulations to All Donation by John Fothergill 11/10/09  

£105.00 + £29.62 Gift Aid

Well done guys :) Donation by Nilesh Mistry 01/10/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Good push to get this over the line. Fine work. Donation by Craig Glusick 29/09/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Good work Fothers, catch you for a beer soon Donation by David Brown 28/09/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

WELL DONE! Donation by Matthew Keates 28/09/09  

£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid

That gets you to your target - well done chaps Donation by Richard Bowler 24/09/09  

£60.00 + £16.92 Gift Aid

Fantastic achievement for a great cause, congratulations to you! Donation by Geoffrey and Dorothy Bracewell 22/09/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Well done Guys, hope Marks bunions have recovered Donation by Guv Calay 21/09/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Good effort. I can't beat Emily, but I can just about match her... Donation by David Haughie 21/09/09  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

congrats well done!! Donation by Daniel Guppy 21/09/09  

£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid

Given that you are so close to the target - and it being such an impressive effort - here's a bit more for the pot! Donation by Jon & Jenny 16/09/09  

£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid

Fothers,Well Done To You & Your Team. Didn't know you had it in you !!!! Brilliant Donation by Alan Bambroffe 16/09/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Congratulations to you all. Sounds fantastic! Love the photos!!! Donation by Jill Turner 15/09/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

A big well done to you all! Donation by Brenda Hargreaves 15/09/09  

£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid

Never doubted you Fothers. Up the super Carrots ! Donation by Alan Lee 15/09/09  

£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid

Donation by Paul Taylor 14/09/09  

£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid

On behalf of Brian O'Boyle Donation by Brian 14/09/09  

£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid

Donation by Helen Cutler 14/09/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Donation by Claire Derraven 11/09/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Best of luck guys, great cause. Soak up the atmosphere.. or more likely, the vin rouge. Charlie and Becs Donation by Charles Fielding 11/09/09  

£15.00 + £4.23 Gift Aid

Donation by william morgan 11/09/09  

£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid

Do the Clarets proud!! Donation by McCaffrey Clan 11/09/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Good luck guys. Great cause Donation by Scott aka Clive Woodward 10/09/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Hope you finish the race Ben!! Donation by David Maqueda 08/09/09  

£50.00

Run Fothers Run ! Enjoy le vino Donation by Richard Larkin 08/09/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Go Foggys go!! Donation by Sarah Astin 07/09/09  

£15.00 + £4.23 Gift Aid
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* Total raised online: £3,790.00
  Offline donations: £250.00
  Gift Aid plus supplement: £977.31

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