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<p><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">I am running the Birmingham Half Marathon in October with a team of alumni, staff and students from the University of Birmingham. We are raising money for the University's cancer research, which is making significant advances in the fight against this disease.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Cancer researchers at the University have:</span></p>
<p style="margin: 4.3pt 0cm 0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt;">Reduced early diagnosed breast cancer mortality rates by 7%</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"></span></p>
<p style="margin: 4.3pt 0cm 0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt;">Found ways of diagnosing childhood cancers without invasive procedures</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"></span></p>
<p style="margin: 4.3pt 0cm 0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt;">Run a drug trial, which could reduce the risk of bladder cancer recurring by a third</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Those who know me will know I'm not a natural runner, so please make all the training worthwhile by sponsoring me! Your donations will go directly to the cancer research team at the University.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Thank you!</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Laura</span></p>
