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FUNdraising

Danny Pepper is raising money for St Michael's Hospice (Hastings and Rother)
“FUNdraising”

on 13 January 2012

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<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: 10pt; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;mso-bidi-font-family; mso-ansi-language: EN;">&nbsp;</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: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">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 style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-ansi-language: EN;">&nbsp;</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-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN;">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">&nbsp;</span></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: 10pt; color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN;">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><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">&nbsp;</span></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: 10pt; color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN;">&nbsp;</span></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: 10pt; color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN;">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></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: 10pt; color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN;">&nbsp;</span></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;">&nbsp;</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: 10pt; color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN;">The Local charity they have chosen is St Michaels Hospice. They are a wonderful charity offering high quality palliative care and support to the communities of Hastings and Rother. </span></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: 10pt; color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN;">&nbsp;</span></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;">&nbsp;</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: 10pt; color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN;">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. T</span></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: 10pt; color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN;">&nbsp;</span></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: 10pt; color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN;">his is a 100% off their own backs in order to make a difference to a worthwhile charity. </span></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: 10pt; color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN;">&nbsp;</span></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;">&nbsp;</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><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;">As with our previous </span><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #339966; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;quot; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;">FUN</span></strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;">draising events. We will not ask you for money and bombared you with requests. At </span><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #339966; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;quot; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;">FUN</span></strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;">draising our ethos is simple.....</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;quot; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;mso-bidi-font-family; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri;"></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-family: Calibri;"><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN;">We provide and host events that are FUN. </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-family: Calibri;"><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN;">You Turn up and have FUN. </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-family: Calibri;"><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN;">&nbsp;</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-family: Calibri;"><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN;">It&rsquo;s that simple. It just so happens a</span><span><span style="font-size: small;">long the way through kind donations, contributions and good will we <em><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp;quot; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">all </span></em>pull together to raise money for this wonderful charity. </span></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-family: Calibri;"><span><span><span style="font-size: small;">&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">So,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>let&rsquo;s have some FUN!</span></span></span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p>

Donation summary

Total
£2,563.73
+ £100.00 Gift Aid
Online
£2,563.73
Offline
£0.00

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