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Lawrence Latham is raising money for Bright Sparks
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Brighton Half Marathon 2012 · 19 February 2012 ·

Bright Sparks is a school in Mohali, Northern India, providing free education to children from a slum area. The charity aims to provide a brighter future and teaches 100+ pupils to read & write in addition to covering 'nominal charges' for a small group to attend mainstream education.

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #ff6600;"><strong><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp;quot;">I&rsquo;m actually running the Brighton Half Marathon <br></span></strong></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="color: #ff6600;"><strong>19th February 2012</strong></span></span></span></p> <p> <p> <p> <p><span style="font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;; color: black; font-size: 11pt;"> <p><span style="font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;; color: black; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;; color: black; font-size: 11pt;">Well, I&nbsp;never really&nbsp;thought I would be running for a bus, let alone a half marathon (actually, the last time I ran for a bus I fell over a sleep policeman, as you do, and fractured my wrist!...&nbsp;I'll avoid both waking and sleeping policemen for this run), but here I am, all excited and ready to run ;-) I am running for Bright Sparks school and all the exhausting work that they do to keep things running over there.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;; color: black; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;; color: black; font-size: 11pt;">&nbsp;</span>Now I know Christmas is around the corner and times are hard for us all, and you may have, or still give to Bright Sparks, BUT, just think of this as your secret marathonaire donation. You give a donation = someone at Bright Sparks gives a smile back at ya! ... A little Christmas pressie from you.</span></p> <p> <p> <p><span style="font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;; color: black; font-size: 11pt;">I know you people are all lovely and will want to share a bit of the love. <br>I am already getting excited about raising the donations and of course running to Steps (as if, oh ok, I will have a bit of... 5, 6, 7, 8!!)</span></p> <p>Wish me luck.. with a donation!</p> <p><span style="font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;; color: black; font-size: 11pt;"><strong>B</strong></span><span style="font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;; color: black; font-size: 11pt;"><strong>right Sparks charity<br></strong>Is an amazing charity</span><span style="font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;; color: black; font-size: 11pt;">&nbsp;providing an opportunity of education, away from the hardships of poverty and child labour in Jagatpura, India. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>Our friend Gail Edwards and the whole team work so hard to make this happen, I just wanted us all to help out in any way&nbsp; we can. </span></p> </p> </p> </span></p> </p> </p> </p> <p><span style="font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;; color: black; font-size: 11pt;"><a href="charities,">www.brightsparks.org/school.htm</a></span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">&nbsp;Thank you, thank you, thank you! xxxxx</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">So please dig deep and donate now.</p>

Donation summary

Total
£390.00
+ £90.00 Gift Aid
Online
£370.00
Offline
£20.00

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