Michael Scallan
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Fundraising for Youth Options
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Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.
There are so many worthy causes and the people who are raising money for charity normally have their own personal reasons for doing so, in my case I chose to support Youth Options when my 20 year old son Ross was killed in a car crash on 1st November 2008. Because of the great work they do with the young people of Hampshire, where I live and work, I felt that in some small way by supporting a charity that deals with not just the less fortunate, but youngsters from every aspect of our community, there was a relevance to Ross’ life. Ross was a fun loving 20 year old who enjoyed life and was fortunate enough to have experiences most young people will never have, by supporting Youth Options I am hoping that more young people will be able to have positive experiences. So what am I going to do to separate you from your hard earned cash is these difficult times, well for those of you who know me, you will recognise that I am of what can sympathetically be called a comfortable build, middle age and far from fit. With this in mind I am going to run the New York Marathon on 1st November 2009 with the objective of raising sufficient money to help Youth Options replace one of their minibuses which has recently gone beyond economical repair.
So please dig deep and donate now.