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Virgin London Marathon 2012 · 22 April 2012 ·

Tapping House provides care, comfort and compassion to those in our community living with life-limiting illnesses to provide rest of life care. People referred to our service have a variety of life-limiting conditions, including the many forms of cancer and neurological diseases.

Story

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 150%; margin: 18pt 0cm; background: white;"><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10pt;">I shall be completely honest! Every year when the marathon is televised you can guarantee I am sitting down for our Sunday roast dinner (feeling rather greedy) and saying to myself, next year I shall be there running the circuit, only for the following year to roll around and there I am again saying the same thing, only last year I found myself saying it aloud I knew I really meant it this time.&nbsp; And this was the year I was to make a difference and 'Tapping House - Norfolk Hospice' believed in me that I had the committment to see through my training and make it raceday on April 22nd for my first VLM&nbsp;:)</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 150%; margin: 18pt 0cm; background: white;"><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10pt;">So here I am well into my training and only 4 weeks from race day.&nbsp; How am I feeling - absolutely terrified but extremely excited.&nbsp; With mileage under my belt and no injuries (touch wood) I am praying for a cloudy cool day and the atmosphere of the crowd to see me through to the finishing line when those last few miles get tough!</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 150%; margin: 18pt 0cm; background: white;"><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10pt;">Thank you for reading and pls dig deep, you never know when yourself or a family member&nbsp;or friends maybe needing help from the&nbsp;the hospice or any hospice for that matter.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 150%; margin: 18pt 0cm; background: white;"><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10pt;">God bless you for sponsoring, my</span><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10pt;">self and Norfolk Hospice are extremely grateful.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 150%; margin: 18pt 0cm; background: white;"><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10pt;">Lots of love x</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 150%; margin: 18pt 0cm; background: white;"><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10pt;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p>

Donation summary

Total
£536.00
+ £109.00 Gift Aid
Online
£536.00
Offline
£0.00

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