Lucy Greenwood is fundraising for psds - providing support for children with down syndrome and their families

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Royal Parks Foundation Half Marathon 2009

on 11/10/2009

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Raising money for

psds - providing support for children with down syndrome and their families

Charity Registration No. 1123079

psds provides support for children with down syndrome and their families. We provide a network of support, friendship, advice and expertise. This benefits not only our children with down syndrome, but also their siblings, ourselves as parents and all family members. Down syndrome is part of who our children are not what they are.

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Lucy Greenwood

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Raised: 148%

Target: £250.00
Raised so far: £371.00

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My story

I DID IT IN 1 HOUR 52 MINUTES - YEAH.

THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO HAS DONATED. FOR ANYONE WHO HASN'T YET, YOU STILL CAN!

I am running in the Royal Parks Half Marathon on 11 October and hope you will support me by making a donation to my chosen charity, PSDS. This local charity has really helped a couple of my friends (and continues to do so) and I know that any money you help me to raise will be put to fantastic use.

I have been following a training schedule since the end of June and am now up to running 100 minutes at a time. Most of these runs happen first thing in the morning, before Jason and the kids have even woken up.

My toes are sprouting blisters and my toe nails are beginning to blacken. I'm rubbing vaseline in all sorts of places before my long Sunday runs, and all because I want to run my first half marathon in a good time.

My aim is to do it in under 2 hours - 1 hour 59 minutues would be just brilliant.

psds is a registered charity whose principal goal is to provide support for children with Down syndrome and their families. We meet regularly as families to share our experiences and provide a network of support, friendship, advice and expertise. This benefits not only our children with Down syndrome, but also their siblings, ourselves as parents and all family members.

We also provide access to a range of professional services, such as speech and language therapy, and have an extensive library of resources for our members and their families to make use of. Our aim is for our children to have access to the opportunities available to all others and for there to be no ceiling on what any of our children might achieve. Down syndrome is part of who our children are, not what they are – because children with Down syndrome are children first.

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	Well done Lucy, a fantastic achievement. Well done you, you should feel proud ! xx Donation by Emma Brooks 22/10/09	£15.00 + £4.23 Gift Aid
	Well done Lucy. You did brilliantly! Donation by Amanda Richter 18/10/09	£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid
	Hi Lucy, Congratulations! Well done you. lots of love Louise x Donation by louise shorr 15/10/09	£15.00 + £4.23 Gift Aid
	Well done, Hope you are enjoying a well earned rest. love Gina Donation by Gina 14/10/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Well done! I'm very impressed. Lots of love Kathleen Donation by Kathleen Dempsey 13/10/09	£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid
	Well done Lucy on a truly heroic effort! Donation by Clare Preston 12/10/09	£16.00 + £4.51 Gift Aid
	Good luck Lucy. We all hope that you 'enjoy' the day and well done for doing the hard work in training. Lots of love Matthew, Jodi, James and Amelia Donation by Matthew Newton 09/10/09	£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid
	You can do it Lucy! We'll be thinking of you. Donation by Irene & Chris 07/10/09	£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid
	Have fun! Donation by Richard Power 07/10/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Donation by Libby Manning 07/10/09	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Have a great run. All those early mornings will pay off and work out the buttons on your stopwatch. Donation by Jason Greenwood 07/10/09	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	RUN MUM as fast as you can and may the force be with you. Donation by Oscar 07/10/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	GO ON MUM - you can do it. Donation by Sophie 07/10/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Good luck Lucy. Will be thinking of you! Donation by Esther Barron 07/10/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Best foot forward Donation by Mark & Rosie Newton & Ivy 07/10/09	£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid
	Good luck - we'll be thinking of you x Donation by David and Hannah 07/10/09	£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid
	Donation by Herta Feben 06/10/09	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Good luck Lucy. You are brave. x Donation by Vanessa Porter 06/10/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Good luck Lucy! You are an inspiration! xxxxxxx Donation by Wendy Barrie 04/10/09	£10.00
	Good luck Lucy! Just think of how big a slice of chocolate cake you will have earnt once finished. Donation by Catherine Frith 28/09/09	£5.00
	Go Lucy! Keep up the training and I'm sure you'll get your time. Love to you and the kids. x Donation by Julie Shaw 28/09/09	£5.00
	Good luck Lucy XXXXXXXX Donation by Rachel Bidwell 28/09/09	£10.00
	Go Lucy, go! Hope you make your target time. x x x Donation by Allison Davey 28/09/09	£5.00
	Good luck. Nicola Donation by nicola wood 17/09/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Good luck Lucy! We really appreciate you choosing psds! Donation by Mark and Sarah Corbett 08/09/09	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

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* Total raised online:	£371.00
Offline donations:	£0.00
Gift Aid plus supplement:	£94.77

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