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Kate & Tanya's Marathon 2012 Page

Kate & Tanya is raising money for Sense
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Virgin London Marathon 2012 · 22 April 2012 ·

Sense is here to support disabled people from the first weeks of life through all the major milestones of adulthood. Over 70 years, we’ve built extensive knowledge and expertise in supporting disabled people with complex needs, including deafblind people.

Story

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt;">Thanks for visiting our fundraising page!</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt;">Together we want to raise money for the charity SENSE.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt;">So how do we plan to do this?! Well as a good friend put it &hellip;</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt;"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><em><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt;">&ldquo;These two reformed old soaks are determined to run the<span> London </span>Marathon<span> 2012 </span>and raise bundles of cash for their charity SENSE &hellip;. Probably the only time Tanya and Kate will have anything to do with &ldquo;sense&rdquo;!!</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt;"> </span></em></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><em><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt;">The two beaten up old reprobates are determined to put down their wine glasses for a few months and are utterly committed to crossing the finish line together despite any challenges a foot (or two)!!&rdquo;</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt;"> </span></em></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt;">And he's right. We are utterly dedicated to raising money for SENSE.</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt;"> It is a charity close to our hearts, raising money for deafblind people, particularly kids.</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt;"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt;">Deaf blindness touched our lives when a lovely friend had an amazing little girl called Kiera, who was born deafblind. Kiera and her mum and dad have given us an intimate insight into the difficulties of living with no vision and no hearing. <span> </span>The complications of Kiera doing even the simplest of every day tasks require such a level of concentration, teaching, learning and energy from Kiera and her parents. This little girl&rsquo;s life needs high levels of expertise every minute of every day. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt;"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt;">SENSE is the only organisation that works with the deafblind children. Their advice, communication and support has an invaluable impact on both deafblind children and their families. We have seen firsthand the difference SENSE has made to Kiera and her family and we appreciate all the support you can give our efforts.</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt;"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt;">You'll see our fundraising target on the right. Your donation can really help us smash this goal.</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt;"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt;">So shut your eyes, stop your ears.. You are now in Kiera&rsquo;s world &hellip; how can you resist donating to such a great cause.</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt;"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt;">Thank you.</span></p>

Donation summary

Total
£4,512.00
+ £595.90 Gift Aid
Online
£4,512.00
Offline
£0.00

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