Joan Munro is fundraising for Highland Hospice

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Great Wilderness Challenge

on 22/08/2009

August 22nd - after 13 boggy miles!

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Joan Munro

Raising money for

Highland Hospice

Charity Registration No. SCO11227

Highland Hospice is the only hospice serving adults with incurable life limiting disease in the Highlands of Scotland and is acknowledged as the centre of specialist palliative care expertise in the region. A full multidisciplinary team is employed to provide true holistic care and comprises medical and nursing staff, occupational, physio and complementary therapists, a chaplain and family support workers. The Hospice currently provides a 10 bed In Patient Unit in Inverness and a Day Hospice on the same site. The Hospice also provides bereavement counselling for relatives, a 24 hour telephone helpline and education and training for other healthcare professionals to enhance their ability to provide palliative care in their own communities. Highland Hospice relies on the generosity of the Highland community to raise the more than £42,000 that is required every week to keep the services going and to ensure that an exceptional quality of care continues to be provided.

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Joan Munro

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Raised: 104%

Target: £1,500.00
Raised so far: £1,560.00

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My story

Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page. This is an update. I made it! As did all of our Muir of Ord jogscotland group. It was tough! The 'bad bog' was very bad and we all have bog tales to tell. I am still collecting sponsorship, but when I have it all in, I'll get in touch again to let you know my final total. I'll keep this site open and up to date for a few weeks. Thanks for all you support and sponsorship.

Last year I ran the Great Wilderness Challenge from Aultbea to Poolewe with Esther Lees. The photo shows me at the end of the 13 miles this year which had taken me up rough tracks to Fionn Loch, over a 2 mile bog, then on an undulating estate track to Poolewe. This was my 4th time taking part. Sadly last year it was to be Esther's first and last. She died just 6 months later in Highland Hospice.

Esther had been a member of the Muir of Ord jogscotland group. 19 other members of our jogging group took part this year in Esther's memory. Before she died Esther knew of our plans and said she would be with us, in spirit, every mile of the way. It was an emotional journey for us all.

I hope to raise a lot of money for Highland Hospice. The Hospice staff have cared for several of my friends and their families during the past 2 years. I was thinking especially of Esther, Sheelagh and Harry as I ran on August 22nd.

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	Donation by Will Fraser 23/09/09	£50.00
	Well done Donation by Alan 06/09/09	£200.00 + £56.41 Gift Aid
	Well done Joan! Donation by anonymous 30/08/09
	Very well done Joan. Have a well earned rest.See you soon Donation by Jan and Ian Baird 30/08/09	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Good luck, mum. We're all very proud of you! Love Fiona, Andrew, Eilidh and Sara x Donation by Fiona Johnston 21/08/09	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
	Donation by Lorna Cameron 20/08/09	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Joan you are an amazing woman! I hope you all enloy the day though it will obviously be tinged with sadness Donation by Beth Macfarlane 03/08/09	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Delighted to donate to such a worthy event. Congratulations and Good luck! Donation by Joan and Alfie 03/08/09
	Joan - thank you for running in memory of my sister, Sheelagh. Donation by Iain Wilson 02/08/09
	Joan - will be thinking of you all on the day - and remembering Esther. May the sun shine and the wind be at your backs. Donation by Annie 26/07/09	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
	Hope you enjoy the day and 'Bad Bog' isn't as bad or as boggy as it sounds... Best wishes Mark, Lesley & Findlay xxx Donation by Mark Taylor 25/07/09
	Congratulatons on your efforts - enjoy the day,good luck with the run and the fund raising Judith Donation by Judith Matheson 22/07/09	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
	Go for it Joan! You can do it! John and Jenny Donation by Jenny Carruthers 20/07/09	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Good luck! Donation by Anna and David 17/07/09	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Go Joan! For Esther and Sheelagh Donation by Judith Spenceley 15/07/09	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
	Good luck Joan. Give me a hand if you pass me!! Donation by Helen 15/07/09	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Hi Joan, delighted to sponsor you and support the wonderful work of the Higland Hospice.Best wishes in your endeavour, John and Christine. Donation by Christine Martin 13/07/09	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
	Joan, you're such an example - of both compassion and fitness. Run well, enjoy it! Donation by Roland Spencer-Jones 12/07/09	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

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