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Fundraiser of the month, July 2006
Three mountains in one day
Samantha Bate was 27 and had a 13 month old daughter,
Sophie-Natasha, when she died in March from an aggressive brain tumour
just five months after being diagnosed.
Sam and husband James decided
during her illness to raise
money for Andrea's Gift, a charity that works
to raise awareness and funds for those suffering from childhood and adult
brain tumours.
"The charity
was very close to Sam's heart — she wanted to make a difference
to other sufferers," James told Justgiving.
So on June 30, James and his friends
began their ascent of Ben Nevis, then drove to Scafell Pike in the early
hours of Saturday morning and after reaching the summit there, they drove
to Wales to scale Snowdon.
Out of 20 walkers, 19 made it to the finish
and 14 did it within 24 hours.
"It was a bunch of friends of Sam's and
mine. The first mountain sorted us out into groups of ability and we
stayed in those groups for the rest of the trip. It was very hot, but
we achieved it, which is great," James told Justgiving.
Sadly Sam was
not at the finish line to congratulate the runners, but daughter Sophie
was taken to meet the weary walkers as they came down from Snowdon.
You
can still sponsor James and the rest of the team for their fantastic
effort at www.justgiving.com/3peaktrekkers and help them towards their
£75,000 target.
Andrea's Gift works with the neurosurgery, oncology
and radiotherapy departments in the Leeds teaching hospitals to provide
brain tumour research and support across Yorkshire.
James and his friends
want to raise enough money to fund a researcher who will look into developing
effective treatments for brain tumours so that other people will not
have to go through what Sam and their family have experienced.
If you feel
inspired by James and his friends, you can set up your own fundraising
page to raise money with any sort of challenge you choose, for over 1,000
charities featured on Justgiving. Just click here.
Writing a personal message and using a good photo — or several — helps
encourage friends and colleagues to get into the spirit and donate generously
too.
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