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<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: &amp;amp;quot; color: #ff00ff;">Thank you for taking the time to visit our JustGiving page.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: &amp;amp;quot; color: #ff00ff;">The Lingerie Buying team at John Lewis have set ourselves a challenge! On the 13th October 2011 we are going to cycle, in the office, from 9am till the end of the working day to see how far we can get. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: &amp;amp;quot; color: #ff00ff;">This is in support of Genesis and their Million Mile Challenge. Seeing as none of us actually cycle, this is definitely ambitious and also could be quite amusing. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: &amp;amp;quot; color: #ff00ff;">So please show us your support and sponsor us.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #ff00ff;"><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: &amp;amp;quot;">About the Charity:</span></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #ff00ff;"><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: &amp;amp;quot;">The facts</span></strong></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="color: #ff00ff;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: &amp;amp;quot;">•<span style="font: 7pt &amp;amp;quot;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: &amp;amp;quot;">The Genesis Appeal is the only charity in the UK entirely dedicated to the prevention of breast cancer.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="color: #ff00ff;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: &amp;amp;quot;">•<span style="font: 7pt &amp;amp;quot;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: &amp;amp;quot;">The Facts: 1 in 10 women and 1 in 1,000 men will develop breast cancer during their lifetime, a third of these will never be cured. </span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="color: #ff00ff;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: &amp;amp;quot;">•<span style="font: 7pt &amp;amp;quot;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: &amp;amp;quot;">Only 2% of all cancer research funding is spent on prevention. </span></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #ff00ff;"><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: &amp;amp;quot;">Mission & Values of Genesis</span></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: &amp;amp;quot; color: #ff00ff;">Breast cancer is one of the most devastating health problems of our time and we believe that:<br> Prevention is better than healing because it saves the labour of being sick – Thomas Adams, 17th Century Physician.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: &amp;amp;quot; color: #ff00ff;">Our mission is to create a future without breast cancer by making 1 in 10, none in 10.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: &amp;amp;quot; color: #ff00ff;">Our purpose built breast cancer prevention centre, Europe's first, was completed in 2007 and we aim to support its services by sponsoring people and science.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: &amp;amp;quot; color: #ff00ff;">We will achieve this by providing a strategic programme of clinical research, the UK's largest family history clinic, plus a training centre for specialists in all breast cancer disciplines.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: &amp;amp;quot; color: #ff00ff;">We will promote breast screening and early diagnosis, and research new treatments to stop breast cancer in its early stages.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: &amp;amp;quot; color: #ff00ff;">Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving – they’ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they’ll send your money directly to the charity and make sure Gift Aid is reclaimed on every eligible donation by a UK taxpayer. So it’s the most efficient way to donate - I raise more, whilst saving time and cutting costs for the charity.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: &amp;amp;quot; color: #ff00ff;">So please dig deep and donate now.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: &amp;amp;quot; color: #ff00ff;">Thank you from the glamorous bikers at John Lewis</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: &amp;amp;quot;"><span style="color: #ff00ff;">Helen, Anna, Emma, Kirsty, Lisa, Livia, Elena, Shelley, Claire, Ame and Alek</span><br></span></p>