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London Marathon 2011 (Hugo)

Hugo Benjamin Minney is raising money for Motor Neurone Disease Association

Participants: Hugo Minney

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Virgin London Marathon 2011 · 17 April 2011 ·

Motor Neurone Disease moves fast. It takes away time, it takes away independence and it has no cure. Every day we support people affected by MND. We fund ground-breaking research. We campaign for better care. We’re here for everyone who needs us. Because with MND, every day matters.

Story

<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans 2010;">Motor Neurone Disease is a terrible disease.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We lost a friend (Jean Newton) in 2010, and another friend has just been diagnosed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It seems that everyone I speak to knows someone or has lost someone from MND.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans 2010;"><span style="font-size: small;">At the moment, it is incurable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So I ran the London Marathon on Palm Sunday to raise money for the Motor Neurone Disease Association to help families and to help people who have this disease.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans 2010;"><span style="font-size: small;">A Marathon is 26.2 miles - I ran it in 4hrs 33 mins 37secs this year - and I wanted to run the last mile in bare feet, in honour of those who can&rsquo;t afford shoes (but the blisters were too bad).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans 2010;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans 2010;">If you don&rsquo;t like using the internet, then catch me to sign a sponsorship form or send a cheque made out to MNDA to my address (contact me through Justgiving if you don&rsquo;t know the address and I&rsquo;ll email it to you).</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans 2010;">Thank-you so much in advance</span></span></p>

Donation summary

Total
£684.49
+ £85.99 Gift Aid
Online
£530.49
Offline
£154.00

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