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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">On the 3<sup>rd</sup> of April 2011 I will be attempting the 25 Mile Blubberhouse Moor Hike, for the charity, Age Concern Wakefield District, which is part of their target </span><span style="font-size: small;">to raise £10,000 by March 2012.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">Age Concern Wakefield District is a local charity for local people and all funding has to be sourced locally. As such it relies each year on the generosity of those who give both time and donations to the Organisation in order that it can continue to care for vulnerable older people within the district.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">It is easy to put to one side some of the basic issues that older people can face because we would all prefer not to think about them! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But where the support of family and friends is limited or absent we often are asked to help.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Through our Information and Advice Service older people are helped through a maze of financial and personal issues, trained staff work with volunteers to help relieve loneliness, offer support after bereavement or hospital admission, and run groups and activities.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In any one year we help to meet the needs of over 6,000 older people and their friends and families.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">With your help we can improve the health and wellbeing of vulnerable older people by ensuring that they have contact with the services they need and receive the support that they deserve.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">I REALLY HOPE you can sponsor me to do the hike, which will raise funds to help keep the charity’s different services going. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can read more about their services at </span><a href="http://www.acwd.org.uk/"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-size: small;">www.acwd.org.uk</span></a><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">Any amount donated would be much appreciated. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Anything up to £1 a mile would be brilliant. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For those who can afford a little bit more £2 a mile would be AMAZING!!! <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span></span></p>
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