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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">On the 6 of April 2011, our team of 12 set off to walk 86 miles from the Abbeyfield House in St Leonard’s to Abbeyfield’s Headquarters in St Albans where we arrived on the 14 of April. The average age of our walkers was 73 and on some legs of our journey walkers were much older. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Our sponsored walk was to raise money for a new minibus for the seven residents of the St Leonard’s Abbeyfield house.<strong> Your support is vital to our success and will be very much appreciated.</strong></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Abbeyfield is a different independent way of living for older people. </span><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><em><strong><em> <em><strong><span style="font-style: normal; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Sitting round a table, sharing food, and being more a family rather than an institution makes us different from everyone else.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span>Ensuring there is lots of love all the time, a squeeze of the hand and the occasional hug when appropriate, and always a listening ear – that’s our Abbeyfield way!</span></strong></em><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </em></em></strong></em></span> </span><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Abbeyfield has had a presence in St Leonards for over 40 years providing a supportive environment for frail older people over the years. Currently there are seven residents and Abbeyfield helps them to live a happy and independent life in the community - no matter how old they are.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Your help could make all the difference to our work - and you can help older people lead an independent life for as long as possible - so please, if you can, make a donation today!</span></strong></p>
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