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Tandem Skydive · 25 February 2012

Wisdom Hospice Charity supports the work of the only adult hospice serving Medway and Swale in Kent. It makes an annual grant to Medway Community Healthcare of £600,000 towards hospice running costs. In addition it provides extra equipment and facilities that fall outside the MCH budget.

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<p><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: #0B54;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: #0B54;">As many of you know my mum died in 2010 after battling for only a short period of time with Ovarian Cancer.&nbsp; During her last few days my mum was looked after by the Wisdom Hospice in Rochester.&nbsp; They&nbsp;were able to make&nbsp;her as comfortable as possible during her last days&nbsp;&amp; hours and provided her family with amazing support during this painful time.&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: #0B54;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: #0B54;">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: #0B54;">The Friends of The Wisdom Hospice is a Charity dedicated to supporting the work of the Wisdom Hospice, providing invaluable specialised end of life care and support to local people, their families, friends and carers whether at home, in the hospice or hospital.&nbsp; The hospice relies purely on the generosity of the local community and donations&nbsp;to continue its work which is why I have chosen to support them with my parachute jump and the donations I hope it will raise.</span></p> <p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: #0B54;">The parachute jump will be a Tandem Skydive from 10,000ft.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>I will be freefalling down to 5,000ft at speeds of 120mph before the parachute is pulled.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: #0B54;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: #0B54;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span></span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: #0B54;">Thankyou for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page and I would ask that you please dig deep and donate now to help such a worthy cause.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: #0B54;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: #0B54;">&nbsp;</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: #0B54;">Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving &ndash; they&rsquo;ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they&rsquo;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&rsquo;s the most efficient way to donate - I raise more, whilst saving time and cutting costs for the charity.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: #0B54;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: #0B54;">Many thanks</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;">&nbsp;</p> </p> </span></p> <p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;">&nbsp;</p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;">&nbsp;</p>

Donation summary

Total
£1,140.00
+ £140.00 Gift Aid
Online
£560.00
Offline
£580.00

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