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Team Benny

Benny Knight is raising money for The SMA Trust
“Benny Knight's fundraising”

on 25 February 2011

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SMA is a genetic disease that affects motor neurones. 1:40 of us is a carrier and in its most severe form children rarely live beyond 2 – making SMA the leading genetic cause of death in babies and toddlers. The SMA Trust is solely dedicated to funding research into a cure and treatments for SMA

Story

<p><span style="font-family: Cambria, Georgia, &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, Times, serif; font-size: medium;"> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px;">Team Captain: Benny Knight</p> </span></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px;">Benny Knight and a group of his father's friends are going to do the Athens Classic Marathon with/in Ben's&nbsp;manual chair It is very hard to train for this effort and we honestly have no idea how we will manage it.......but we will!</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px;">Our group goal is to get Benny to the finishing line so that he can wheel himself around the ancient Olympic Stadium.......think Team Britain and Mark Cavendish.</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px;">A person with Spinal Muscular Atrophy doing a marathon? MAD? No, it should be fun so I hope you can donate and/or match&nbsp;us in doing something equally MAD and raising money for the SMA Trust.<br><br>Thanks!</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, Georgia, &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, Times, serif; font-size: medium;">Ben "Skipper" Knight, Alex, Andy, Cas, Jiri, Mike, and Nic</span></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, Georgia, &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, Times, serif; font-size: medium;">&nbsp;</span></p>

Donation summary

Total
£21,191.65
+ £1,209.75 Gift Aid
Online
£11,021.65
Offline
£10,170.00

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