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Philip Cullen is raising money for The U Foundation
Celebrating the birthday of Phil & Marco 40

on 3 September 2011

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The U Foundation aims to help others by raising awareness of the basic living conditions faced by people, especially children in developing countries. It helps to promote self sustainability through the provision of food, water and shelter, supporting the local people in creating a brighter future for themselves.

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<p>Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.</p> <p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;" lang="EN-US">We&rsquo;re very excited that you will be with us to celebrate our BIG 40&hellip; it&rsquo;s not going to be big, but HUGE!&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none; mso-outline-level: 1; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;" lang="EN-US">Many people have begun asking us &ldquo;What do you want for your 40</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;" lang="EN-US">th</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;" lang="EN-US">?&rdquo;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none; mso-outline-level: 1; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;" lang="EN-US">What do we need?</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none; mso-outline-level: 1; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;">The answer is nothing. We have our health, our happiness and wonderful family &amp; friends to share this with.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;" lang="EN-US">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;">There are however people who are not so fortunate. Simply because they do not share the luck of being born into a developed nation, suffer from famine or disease plights their life before they were even born.&nbsp; It is for this reason that we support 'The U Foundation'.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;" lang="EN-US">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;">'The U Foundation' is a charity that guarantees 100% of the donations they receive are used in projects to help equip villages in Africa with the tools for self-sufficiency, education and health care.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;" lang="EN-US">There is much more information about 'The U Foundation' on their website. <strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: red;">www.theufoundation.org</span></span></strong></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;" lang="EN-US">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;">You being there is already an incredible gift, but if you would like to you can donate to this foundation via their website. What<span style="color: #f40000;"> </span>could be better than our night in Amsterdam providing a better life for someone else?</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; color: #f40000;" lang="EN-US">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;">We understand that you may support your own charity, or may not wish to do this. That&rsquo;s fine too, please don&rsquo;t feel obliged!</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none; mso-outline-level: 1; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;" lang="EN-US">We hope you enjoy the evening with us.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none; mso-outline-level: 1; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shapetype id="_x0000_t75" coordsize="21600,21600" o:spt="75" o:preferrelative="t" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" filled="f" stroked="f"> <v:stroke joinstyle="miter" /> <v:formulas> <v:f eqn="if lineDrawn pixelLineWidth 0" /> <v:f eqn="sum @0 1 0" /> <v:f eqn="sum 0 0 @1" /> <v:f eqn="prod @2 1 2" /> <v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelWidth" /> <v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelHeight" /> <v:f eqn="sum @0 0 1" /> <v:f eqn="prod @6 1 2" /> <v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelWidth" /> <v:f eqn="sum @8 21600 0" /> <v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelHeight" /> <v:f eqn="sum @10 21600 0" /> </v:formulas> <v:path o:extrusionok="f" gradientshapeok="t" o:connecttype="rect" /> <o:lock v:ext="edit" aspectratio="t" /> </v:shapetype><v:shape id="_x0000_s1026" type="#_x0000_t75" style='position:absolute; margin-left:234pt;margin-top:6.75pt;width:181.4pt;height:126.15pt;z-index:-251656704'> <v:imagedata src="file://localhost/Users/philipcullen/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/msoclip/0clip_image001.png" o:title="ufoundation" /> </v:shape><![endif]--><!--[if !vml]--><span style="mso-ignore: vglayout; position: absolute; z-index: 251659774; margin-left: 234px; margin-top: 7px; width: 183px; height: 128px;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;">&nbsp;</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;" lang="EN-US">Thank You,</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;" lang="EN-US">Phil &amp; Marco</span></p> <!--EndFragment--></p>

Donation summary

Total
£1,065.00
+ £117.50 Gift Aid
Online
£1,065.00
Offline
£0.00

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