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My story

 

Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.

I am 51 years old and work as a Sister/Departmental Manager on the Fracture & Orthopaedic Outpatients Department at the Royal Gwent Hospital Newport.

 I recently took part in the London Moonwalk, a 26 mile walk at night to raise money for breast cancer. This inspired me to look for a bigger challenge which resulted in my signing up to climb Mount Kilimanjaro in June 2010 as one of a group of local people aiming to raise money for the Sparkle Appeal.

The purpose of the Sparkle Appeal is to raise as much as possible of the £1.5 million required to equip the new centre for children with complex disabilities that has been built in High Cross, Newport. This will be a centre of excellence for both the children receiving treatment and also their families, something that has been lacking in the current outdated facility at Eveswell, Newport.

As much as this will be a personal achievement for me, more importantly it is a local charity that will benefit and is connected to my work as some of these children attend our clinic for treatment of associated orthopaedic conditions.

Each participant has to raise £4,200 in sponsorship, and i have made a start on this by organising a fundraising bar-b-que at home in July, and i have several other ideas for the months ahead. If you would like to sponsor me for this very worthy cause any donation would be very much welcomed and appreciated.

 

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So please dig deep and donate now.

Hope you have every success Gill Donation by Kids@Play 04/12/09  

Donation by wendy hutton 24/11/09  

£125.00 + £35.26 Gift Aid

We always planned to donate a pound for every Kilo of Olives picked, but we had not anticipated 245 Kilos! This should help though! Good luck! Donation by David & Karen Taylor 24/11/09  

£125.00 + £35.26 Gift Aid

Donation by Dennis Morris 18/11/09  

£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid

Good Luck Gill! Donation by Kevin and Team Lantor (UK) Ltd 10/11/09  

£25.00

Don't forget your Kendal Mint Cake! Donation by Kevin Woods 10/11/09  

£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid

Best wishes and good luck for the journey ahead our thoughts are with you. xxxx Donation by nic and the gilestone ravers. 26/10/09  

£115.00 + £32.44 Gift Aid

Just a small donation to a good cause, wish I could give more. Wishing you a safe journey as you travel to Kilimanjaro Donation by Val Ridout 15/10/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

In appreciation of the care i have received from you and your staff during this very traumatic time. Good luck Gill Donation by Kindest regards Steve Bowen 13/10/09  

£250.00

wishing the very best of luck with your venture no stress fractures please Donation by kartik hariharan 07/10/09  

£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid

Good luck Gill Donation by liz jeffreys 02/10/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Hope you pick a lot of olives- £5 per olive sounds good (Or do I need more french lessons??) Donation by Marion Williams 28/09/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Very best of luck Gill. Donation by From all at BSN Medical 20/09/09  

£100.00

Hi Gill saw your poster in Budgens!! Good luck. Tracy xx Donation by Tracy Parsons 14/09/09  

£10.00

Bonne chance ma chère sœur. Il y aura une récompense pour les olives que tu collectes en Novembre!! Donation by David Taylor 12/09/09  

£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid

If you meet the yeti, you're up the wrong mountain! Donation by Marion Williams 24/08/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Pob Lwc ar yr ymgyrch !! Donation by glenys Scott 16/08/09  

£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid

Whatever next? A colleague of mine did this challenge a few years ago and had a fantastic time. Well done and good luck! Donation by Andy Scott 14/08/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

i was under the impression that it was everest. never mind.{LOL} Donation by Julian 06/08/09  

£90.00 + £25.38 Gift Aid

Donation by Emma Lewis 04/08/09  

£25.00

the lighter your backpack the better, so keep your dancing shoes at home!! Donation by Celia Yhnell-Smith 04/08/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Thought we had better get on the list before the month is out- we will be back! Donation by David & Karen Taylor 29/07/09  

£5.00

All the best Gillian Donation by Haydn Thomas 29/07/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

All the best next June Donation by Liz 26/07/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Go for it Gill. Wish I had your energy but our thoughts will be with you. Donation by Sandra Teale 23/07/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

July's top tip: Never eat yellow snow! Marion xxx Donation by Marion Williams 16/07/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Best of luck Gill - Hope it all goes well - Lindsey and Nick Donation by Lindsey Partridge 07/07/09  

£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid

Top tip of the month: Invest in solar-powered hair dryer! Good luck, I'm right behind you as usual xx Donation by Marion Williams 29/06/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Good on ya Gil! Tip -> Wear 2 sets of gloves for the final day its -10 degrees up there Donation by Hiro Tanaka 23/06/09  

£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid

Good luck Gill. I'm very proud of you, all the best on the climb. XXXX Donation by Neil Watkins 20/06/09  

£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid
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