<p><span style="color: #ff0000;">Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="color: #ff0000;">this is the second year that eden and i have taken part in the boxing day dip at seaburn. ..last year we raised money for MACMILLAN.. this year its the FINLAY COOPER FUND....(the info below is by Colin Cooper.........)</span></p> <p> <p style="margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: left; background-color: #5579bd; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #556682; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;"><em> <p style="margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px;">The Finlay Cooper Fund was formed in August 2006, by myself and my wife Julie.</p> <p style="margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px;">We lost our son Finlay in January 2002, in a tragic choking accident and we wanted to do something positive in his name to try and help children's Charities.</p> <p style="margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px;">So when I retired from playing football in 2006, we started to raise mioney in earnest and we have managed to raise over &pound;50, 000 with the help of a lot of generous people. Donations have been given to three Children's Hospices, a children's diabetes trust and also a childrens Cancer Ward.</p> <p style="margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px;">With the help of people like yourselves, we hope to help Children's Charities for many years to come, in Finlay's name!</p> <p style="margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px;">Many Thanks</p> <p style="margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px;">Colin Cooper&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px;">Fomer Middlesbrough, Millwall, Nottm Forest and England Defender</p> <p style="margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>The Boxing Day Dip is brilliiant fun.....although it is the most painful thing i have ever done (apart from childbirth!!!!!) but its great to do something for charity at xmas time....when we all indulge ourselves etc. nice to put something back. cheers all xx</strong></span></p> </em></span></span></p> </p> <p>&nbsp;</p>