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Kevin is raising funds for PAWS-GIST "Improving Treatment & Finding the Cure for rare GIST Cancers in Young People"

Jayne Bressington is raising money for GIST Cancer UK

Participants: Kevin Mowat

Team: Jayne Bressington fundraising for The PAWS-GIST Campaign

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2011 Boston Marathon · 18 April 2011 ·

Raising Funds for PAWS-GIST because we need to improve treatment and find a cure

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">My name is <strong>Kevin Mowat.</strong></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">I run for the Bitton Road Runners and recently heard of<strong> Eve Bressington, a local 16 year old who has recently been diagnosed with a rare form of cancer called GIST</strong> (Gastro Intestinal Stromal Tumour).</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">I&rsquo;ve been running for four years and will be running in the Boston marathon in America on 18<sup>th</sup> April 2011. This is the first time that I have run in aid of a charity.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">I heard about Eve&rsquo;s plight at Christmas and could think of no better way to help than to focus my running skills on raising funds for the <strong>PAWS-GIST doctors who have come together in 2011 with the sole purpose of working to improve treatments and find a cure for Eve and the other Paediatric, Adolescent, Wildtype &amp; Syndromic GIST patients in the UK.</strong></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">What&rsquo;s in it for me?</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">It will make me run faster and the thought that I am helping this fantastic cause will give real meaning to my efforts. All sponsorship donations will go straight to GIST Support UK&rsquo;s PAWS-GIST fund and will be used by the doctors to further their research and support the PAWS-GIST patients in the UK.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Thank you for sponsoring me and if you are a tax payer please make sure that you gift aid your donation so that we maximise the funds raised.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Kevin</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p>Thank you to everyone who has sponsored me including the offline sponsors who have donated &pound;423. PAWS-GIST are extremely grateful for your help.&nbsp;</p>

Donation summary

Total
£2,045.25
+ £271.12 Gift Aid
Online
£1,529.00
Offline
£516.25

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