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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">Trudy and Bob Monday</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">You can follow our progress on this link: <a href="http://blejog.blogspot.com/">http://blejog.blogspot.com/</a></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">My Dad and I have this mad desire/personal challenge to cycle from Land’s End to John O’Groats!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> (8th - 20th May 2011). </span>Whilst we are taking on this once in a lifetime feat we are going to raise money for the Meningitis Research Foundation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This charity’s aims are to raise awareness of meningitis and septicaemia, provide support for those who have suffered, and monies raised also goes towards funding research into the search for vaccines.</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">Raising money for this charity has a strong place in my heart - I suffered from viral meningitis at the age of 26, in the middle of summer… I was ‘lucky’, in that I made a full recovery after about 1 month.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Others are not always so fortunate, suffering from after-effects, or worse still, suffering from life changing disabilities, and sometimes death.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many people do not realise that meningitis and septicaemia can strike anyone, at any age, at any time of year, and yet are not aware of the symptoms.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Meningitis can kill in hours.</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">Raising awareness is so important, and every donation, no matter how much, will help go towards funding this much needed research into finding vaccines, and raising awareness so that symptoms can be identified before it’s too late.</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">Thank you so much for all your support!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Anything you can give is very much appreciated! xx</span></span></p>
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