<p>&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><strong><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;amp;quot;; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; color: #1f497d; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">THANK YOU FOR VISITING MY JUSTGIVING FUNDRAISING PAGE.</span></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Arial&amp;amp;quot;,&amp;amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;amp;quot;; color: #73645d; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;amp;quot;; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; color: #73645d; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">I will be taking part in a 9 mile walk as part of the Belfast Marathon on 7 May 2012 and I aim to raise as much money as possible for </span><strong><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;amp;quot;; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; color: #1f497d; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">STRUGGLE AGAINST MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY&hellip;</span></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Arial&amp;amp;quot;,&amp;amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;amp;quot;; color: #73645d; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><strong><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;amp;quot;; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; color: #73645d; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Muscular Dystrophy is&nbsp;</span></strong><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;amp;quot;; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; color: #73645d; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">a heartbreaking progressive muscle wasting disease which is</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;amp;quot;; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; color: #73645d; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">&nbsp;<strong>100% fatal</strong><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm;">. In its congenital form the disease&nbsp;leads to&nbsp;</span><strong>severe muscle wasting</strong><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm;">, causing children to become dependent on wheelchairs at a very early age. As the muscles continue to waste&nbsp;children become quadriplegic, they suffer from scoliosis and painful muscle contractures and eventually lose the ability to breathe and eat without assistance.&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Arial&amp;amp;quot;,&amp;amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;amp;quot;; color: #73645d; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;amp;quot;; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; color: #73645d; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">There is currently</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;amp;quot;; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; color: #73645d; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">&nbsp;<strong>no treatment and no cure</strong><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm;">.</span></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Arial&amp;amp;quot;,&amp;amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;amp;quot;; color: #73645d; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;amp;quot;; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; color: #73645d; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">SAM aims to increase awareness of</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;amp;quot;; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; color: #73645d; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">&nbsp;<strong>Congenital Muscular Dystrophy</strong>&nbsp;<span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm;">through fundraising, education and campaigning. Our hope of a future for the children suffering from this devastating muscle wasting disease lies in research. Please help by giving what you can.</span></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Arial&amp;amp;quot;,&amp;amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;amp;quot;; color: #73645d; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;amp;quot;; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; color: #73645d; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">SAM is a</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;amp;quot;; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; color: #73645d; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">&nbsp;<strong>zero cost charity</strong>&nbsp;<span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm;">- everyone involved gives their time, expertise and services for free. This means that every penny we raise can go directly towards funding research into Muscular Dystrophy with the aim of bringing us one step closer to an effective treatment for this devastating disease.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;amp;quot;; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; color: #73645d; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. 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