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Team Banchory

George Tulloch is raising money for University of Aberdeen Development Trust SCIO
“Run Balmoral 2012”

on 23 December 2011

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The University of Aberdeen Development Trust raises funds to support the institution's development as an international centre of excellence in teaching and research. The charity is expanding the scholarship programme to address both talent and hardship, securing the world's finest academics, funding groundbreaking medical research, and creating outstanding facilities to share with the wider community.

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<div class="frp-message-body" style="height: auto;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #31849b; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Thanks for taking the time to visit our JustGiving page: </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;; color: #31849b; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><strong>Team Banchory: Judy Back, Donna Burt, Nigel &amp; Mina Rusk, Jill Smith, Laura Bowie, Julie MacLeod, GA Tulloch, Charlotte &amp; Russell Petty, Andrew &amp; Helen Webster, Shona Campbell, Diane Shepherd, Walter Thain, Naomi Smith, Zosia Miedzybrodzka, Rosie Kitching, Cath Scott, Sarah &amp; Steve Mardle, Jill Ritchie, Louise Lightowler, Raj Shrimali </strong></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><strong><span style="color: #31849b; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Team Banchory</span></strong><span style="color: #31849b; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> is supporting </span><strong><span style="color: #31849b; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">GASTROCAN</span></strong><span style="color: #31849b; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> (Grampian Gastro-oesophageal Cancer Research Fund) by running either the 5/10k Balmoral Run on 28 April 2012 or the Petrofac Challenge (multi terrain - 15 mile race) on 29 April 2012. This will be quite an effort for some so please help motivate us and sponsor as much as you can. Any donation will be greatly appreciated and make all the pain worth going through!!</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><strong><span style="color: #31849b; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">GASTROCAN</span></strong><span style="color: #31849b; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> is the only charity raising money specifically for research into stomach and oesophageal cancer. Dr Petty leads the Aberdeen University and NHS Grampian research into the causes and treatments of this devastating disease. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #31849b; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #31849b; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #31849b; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Main aims of </span><strong><span style="color: #31849b; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">GASTROCAN</span></strong><span style="color: #31849b; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> include:</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #31849b; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: -18pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 30pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; color: #31849b; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">&middot;</span><span style="color: #31849b; font-size: 7pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span><span style="color: #31849b; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Undertake internationally important cancer research locally in Grampian</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: -18pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 30pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; color: #31849b; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">&middot;</span><span style="color: #31849b; font-size: 7pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span><span style="color: #31849b; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Enable local patients to benefit from the latest cutting edge treatments for gastric and oesophageal cancer </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: -18pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 30pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; color: #31849b; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">&middot;</span><span style="color: #31849b; font-size: 7pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span><span style="color: #31849b; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Help recruit the best doctors to work in Grampian to be part of the research</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: -18pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 30pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; color: #31849b; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">&middot;</span><span style="color: #31849b; font-size: 7pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span><span style="color: #31849b; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Raise awareness of gastric and oesophageal cancer so that patients recognise the symptoms and seek medical help earlier</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #31849b; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">For more information go to their website <a href="http://www.gastrocan.org.uk/">http://www.gastrocan.org.uk/</a></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #31849b; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">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 - we raise more, whilst saving time and cutting costs for the charity.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #31849b; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">GASTROCAN fund is managed by the University of Aberdeen Development Trust.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #31849b; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">All donations will be greatly appreciated &ndash; thank you in anticipation. </span></p> </div>

Donation summary

Total
£6,689.00
+ £972.50 Gift Aid
Online
£4,924.00
Offline
£1,765.00

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