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Danny Pepper is raising money for The Sara Lee Trust Fund
“FUNdraising”

on 19 December 2011

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The Sara Lee Trust provide free counselling, therapies and group support to local people in Hastings and Rother affected by cancer and other life-threatening illnesses, with support for their families and carers.

Story

<p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #00b050; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong><span style="color: #339966;">FUN</span>draising proudly presents the London to Paris Cycle Challenge</strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">.</span></span></p> </span></p> <p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #000000; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">In August 2012, Andrew 'Slips' Moore, &nbsp;Danny 'Leper' Pepper will pull on their lycra, attach their knee pads and jump upon their shiny new cycles for a ride from the Big Smoke to Gay Paris. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #000000; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #000000; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">Amazingly, the challenge is totally self planned and funded. There is no organizing body pre-booking their accommodation, carrying their luggage, arranging food, helping with bike repairs and perhaps more importantly, no-one is planning on rubbing soothing Vaseline on the chafing thighs at the end of each day &ndash; but hay, they might be helping each other with those hard to reach places. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #000000; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #000000; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">They are simply two men on their bikes living off their wits and cunning, hoping to cycle 211.61 miles from London to Paris to raise money for an amazing charity. </span></p> <p><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;">The local charity chosen is Sara Lee Trust. The Trust provides a service for people living around Hastings with serious, life limiting illness. </span></span></p> <p><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;">It offers therapy and counseling to both the patient, their partners, family and carers. The Sara Lee trust seeks to provide a truly holistic approach to supporting every patient by improving their well being on physical, emotional, mental and spiritual levels. Please review their website: <a href="http://www.saraleetrust.org/"><span style="color: #800080;">http://www.saraleetrust.org/</span></a></span><span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;"><span style="color: #000000;"> for more details of the amazing work they do. </span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #000000; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">Because the trip is completely self-funded every single penny donated will be given straight to Charity. Not one penny will go to a third party planning the event. This is a 100% off their own backs in order to make a difference to a worthwhile charity. </span></p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #00b050; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #000000; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">&nbsp;</span></span></span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial;">As with our previous <strong><span style="color: #339966;">FUN</span></strong>draising events. We will not ask you for money and bombared you with requests. At <strong><span style="color: #339966;">FUN</span></strong>draising our ethos is simple.....</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #00b050; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial;"></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">We provide and host events that are FUN. </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">You Turn up and have FUN. </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">&nbsp;</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">It&rsquo;s that simple. It just so happens a</span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">long the way through kind donations, contributions and good will we <em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">all </em>pull together to raise money for this wonderful charity. </span></span></p> <p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #000000; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">So, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>let&rsquo;s have some FUN!</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;">&nbsp;</p> </p> </span></p> <p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;">&nbsp;</p> </p> <p> <p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;">&nbsp;</p> </p> </p> <p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;">&nbsp;</p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;">&nbsp;</p>

Donation summary

Total
£750.00
Online
£750.00
Offline
£0.00

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