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The Home Run

Laurence Dawson is raising money for Turning Point
“Laurence Dawson's fundraising”

on 16 September 2011

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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">HomeRun is a running club for the &ldquo;homeless&rdquo;. Run by themselves, for themselves. It is a small but effective cog in the treatment and rehabilitation of a group of exceptional individuals. People brave enough to take up one of the biggest challenges of them all: changing their life. HomeRun not only gives them the physiological and psychological benefits of exercise, but a mentality to take up a goal, rise to a challenge and succeed in doing it. Events such 10k races, the 3 peak challenge have been faced and crushed. &nbsp;The life changes of those achieving sometimes truly amazing.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Tahoma;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">On the 2</span><span style="font: 6.7px Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"> October we are looking to raise money to keep the challenges going. The club wants to attend races across the country, smash personal bests, and keep the goal posts appetisingly in the distance. It will need to pay for van hire to races, entrance fees, costs that mount up and become a serious problem for the guys to participate in these events. This money will be managed by Turning Point &nbsp;in conjunction with the HomeRun members. 100% of the money raised will be going to the club members NOT on administration.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Tahoma;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">At 9am 2</span><span style="font: 6.7px Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"> October 5 highly qualified instructors will start a strength and conditioning master class.&nbsp;The class will start promptly at this time so please get there early to&nbsp;register. &nbsp;This will happen in Hyde Park in the cockpit, by the Serpentine car park. Open to all abilities you will walk away after three hours not only feeling worked out, but empowered with new knowledge. It is during this time that your hand will&nbsp;relish&nbsp;the sweet cooling sensation of gripping sister steel and the heart pounding joy of swinging brother iron.&nbsp;For 3 hours you will learn to lift, to sweat, and you will toil. &ldquo;Strength ,Honour, Kettlebells&rdquo; will seep out of your very pores as you will be put through your paces in your quest for physical glory. With a &ldquo;cross-fit&rdquo; inspired circuit to end (with fully qualified cross fit instructors) you will develop a joy that will echo through your body for all eternity.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Tahoma;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">&ldquo;Man does not make the challenge.......the challenge makes the man&rdquo;.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Tahoma;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Pick up the gauntlet, make a donation and come; or if you just want to give, by going to JUST GIVING account Turningpoint/Homerun. (it must go in this account not simply Turningpoint). Account will be activated from afternoon 19</span><span style="font: 6.7px Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"> sept.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">9am-12pm, THE COCKPIT HYDE PARK October 2</span><span style="font: 6.7px Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"> social after</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Any queries please contact <a href="mailto:ianspiration@hotmail.com"><span style="text-decoration: underline; letter-spacing: 0.0px color;">ianspiration@hotmail.com</span></a></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Many thanks,</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">HOMERUN</span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>So please dig deep and donate now.</p>

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£1,860.00
+ £385.00 Gift Aid
Online
£1,860.00
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