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Born Free but defo not running for free!

Helen Carroll is raising money for Born Free Foundation
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Virgin London Marathon 2012 · 22 April 2012 ·

We work to end the exploitation of wild animals and create a future where people and wildlife live in harmony. Across the world, we protect, rescue and care for wild animals in need, while helping communities coexist peacefully with wildlife. Help us take action — and keep wildlife in the wild.

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<p><span style="line-height: 140%; font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Arial&amp;amp;quot;,&amp;amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;amp;quot;; color: #1c1c1c; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 140%; margin: 12pt 0cm 36pt; background: white; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="line-height: 140%; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Thanks so much for visiting my fundraising page for the Born Free Foundation.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 140%; margin: 12pt 0cm 36pt; background: white; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="line-height: 140%; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">&nbsp;</span><span style="line-height: 140%; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">As many of you know i am attempting to run/walk/crawl&nbsp;the London Marathon disguised as an animal for the Born Free foundation on the 22nd of April 2012.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 140%; margin: 12pt 0cm 36pt; background: white; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="line-height: 140%; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Why Born Free? im a zoologist, yep i bet some of you never even knew that!&nbsp; And whilst i am fortunate to have been Born Free and still run free, many of our most endangered and much loved animals on this planet have been subjected to the most appalling conditions once born.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 140%; margin: 12pt 0cm 36pt; background: white; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="line-height: 140%; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">From small beginnings, the Born Free Foundation has grown into a global force for wildlife. Their work, to prevent individual animal suffering, protect threatened species and keep wildlife in the wild sets us apart from the rest.</span><span style="line-height: 140%; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; 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: 140%; margin: 12pt 0cm; background: white;"><span style="line-height: 140%; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Born Free never forgets the individual. Every animal counts. Our emergency teams rescue vulnerable animals from appalling lives of misery in tiny cages and give them lifetime care at spacious sanctuaries. Born Free saves orphaned big cats, great apes and elephants and provides their food and care.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Whether its fighting the ivory trade and &lsquo;sport&rsquo; hunting, opposing killing wild animals for &lsquo;bushmeat&rsquo;, or challenging the exploitation of wild animals in zoos and circuses, Born Free takes action on the front line for animals. (www.bornfree.org.uk)</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 140%; margin: 12pt 0cm; background: white;"><span style="line-height: 140%; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">&nbsp;Please, please, please donate as much as you can to this amazing foundation, if not donate anyway, surely seeing me suffer the day after a 26mile run would be worth it!!</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 140%; margin: 12pt 0cm; background: white;"><span style="line-height: 140%; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Thanks for Reading</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 140%; margin: 12pt 0cm; background: white;"><span style="line-height: 140%; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">H</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 140%; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; background: white; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;">&nbsp;</p> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 140%; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; background: white; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;">&nbsp;</p>

Donation summary

Total
£552.00
+ £114.25 Gift Aid
Online
£552.00
Offline
£0.00

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