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Paul Venus MdS 2012

Paul Venus is raising money for Bright Red
“Sahara Ultra-Marathon”

on 3 January 2012

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Bright Red, a charity established to improve the lives and treatment of people in the North who are dealing with Blood Cancer. Through care, research and education we are striving to beat illnesses such as leukaemia, lymphoma and myeloma.

Story

<p><span style="color: #333399;">Hi All,</span></p> <p><span style="color: #333399;">Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page. As most of you will now&nbsp;know I am attempting to complete an Ultramarathon across the Sahara desert&nbsp;in April 2012 called&nbsp;The Marathon des Sables. It is a 251k race&nbsp;set over six days&nbsp;whereby competitors are self-sufficient, tackling a variety of terrains including a 91k stage running&nbsp;through the night.</span></p> <p><span style="color: #333399;">I am doing this to raise money for&nbsp;a charity called&nbsp;Bright Red&nbsp;who were&nbsp;established to improve the lives and treatment of people who are dealing with blood cancer. I&nbsp;chose this charity&nbsp;because my father was diagnosed with Hodgkins Lymphoma&nbsp;several years ago and&nbsp;thanks to the professional&nbsp;help he received he&nbsp;is now in full remission.&nbsp;The aim is to raise&nbsp;&pound;10,000 for the charity so that they can put it to good use helping people&nbsp;with blood cancer. Any donation that you can afford is greatfully accepted and can make a huge difference to&nbsp;the lives of those&nbsp;affected.&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="color: #333399;">Thanks&nbsp;guys!</span></p> <p><span style="color: #333399;">Paul&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="color: #333399;">Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving &ndash; they&rsquo;ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they&rsquo;ll send your money directly to the charity and make sure Gift Aid is reclaimed on every eligible donation by a UK taxpayer. So it&rsquo;s the most efficient way to donate - I raise more, whilst saving time and cutting costs for the charity.</span></p> <p><span style="color: #333399;">So please dig deep and donate now.</span></p>

Donation summary

Total
£4,267.40
+ £739.71 Gift Aid
Online
£4,107.40
Offline
£160.00

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