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My story

 
Dear Supporter

I hope my story below will encourage you to make a donation to the charity I have chosen – CLIC Sargent, the UK’s leading children’s cancer charity – and might even motivate you to embark on your own charity challenge.

In early April ’09 my family – my wife Heather and our two daughters Kirsten and Georgi – were joined on holiday by some good friends of ours – John and Sarah Keppel, together with their two young girls. All of us fit and healthy, beautiful carefree families, with the big issues for us being – what’s for breakfast, the weather, the state of the economy, politics, sport and so on – nothing really big in the grand scheme of things. We were having a cup of coffee in the morning, and John told me about an extraordinary adventure he was embarking on, and the reason he was doing it.  Very shortly after John told me about the adventure, but much more importantly – why he was doing it – I agreed to join the expedition. This is why I am joining, and why I want you to support me in my efforts and make any size donation you possibly can in support of me to CLIC Sargent.

The adventure is an 11 day Charity Challenge (by the same people who arranged the red nose day climb up Kilimanjaro) mountain bike cycle from theAndes Mountains to the Amazon basin, from September 10th to 20th 2009.  Considering that I have never mountain biked in my life, and am not at all cycling fit, I have some personal challenges to address before I leave!  Please go the charity challenge website to have a look at the journey; it is inspiring, breathtaking, and deeply worrying! 

http://www.charitychallenge.co.uk/cc/charitychallenge/expedition_details.jsp?id=1005

John told me the story about his close friends, whose two year old little girl was diagnosed in 2007 with a rare and extremely viscous form of cancer called Neuroblastoma.  During the last 18 months this little girl has undergone regular Chemotherapy, Radiotherapy treatments and a bone marrow replacement. The toll all this treatment has had on her little body is immense but John told me she has continued to fight and smile her way through everything with a courage that would put most of us to shame. Very sadly, the most recent news is that the doctors now consider her condition incurable.  John told me about the incredible support that CLIC Sargent had given his friends through-out this absolutely awful time, and that without CLIC Sargent his friends would have been in an even more desperate position – if that’s possible!  John and a group of friends decided to raise as much money for CLIC Sargent as they could.

Hearing this made me think a lot as I tried to imagine what it would be like if I was the father of a child with cancer. When I looked around and saw my beautiful healthy children playing happily and having a normal life.  It made realise again how much we always take for granted, and how fine the lines are between happiness,sadness and devastation. It made me realise that without charities like CLIC Sargent many many people would have an already completely desperate situation made even worse, devoid of both financial and emotional support at a time when both are most needed.  Just imagine what it would be like if your child had cancer, and you had spent all your money trying to cure it, and could no longer afford any more. I decided to do something to help raise money for CLIC Sargent, and have joined the challenge.

So, now I ask you to please support me, and make a donation.  Donating through Justgiving is quick, easy and totally secure. It’s also the most efficient way to sponsor me: CLIC Sargent gets your money faster and, if you’re a UKtaxpayer, Justgiving makes sure 25% in Gift Aid, plus a 3% supplement, are added to your donation.

Thanks very much in advance for your support.  Please come back and visit this website as I will keep it updated as I progress my preparation!

 

Sincerely

Anthony Higgins

Donation by Sarah Chatters 30/09/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Donation by Russell Brown 28/09/09  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

Hope you are taking the golf clubs... and a couple of cases of beer. Good luck Anthony, and best wishes. Donation by Andrew Bett 09/09/09  

£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid

...and next year the Tour de France!Play it safely.. Hans Donation by Hans Finsterer 09/09/09  

£100.00

We wish you every success to complete the challenge Donation by Pam & Maurice Clatworthy 09/09/09  

£75.00 + £21.15 Gift Aid

Good luck Anthony from all at ESP Donation by Stuart Brown ESP 09/09/09  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

Just get on with it, then forget this stupid tri-athlon rubbish and return to being a fat boy like the rest of us !!! Good luck! Donation by Casey 09/09/09  

£100.00

Good luck Donation by Des Evans 08/09/09  

£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid

Is your cycling as fairweather as your golf ?! Enjoy & good luck Donation by Simon Wells 07/09/09  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

Best of luck. Enjoy the dodgy TV reception Donation by Sue, Justin, and David 06/09/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Good luck Anthony - travel safe, take care Donation by Simon Phillips 01/09/09  

£20.00

Go for it ANTHONY we are with you 110% it is not all uphill ,especially the flight home .Dont lose your way? Donation by Clive and Jackie Phillips 31/08/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

ALL THE BEST !! CYCLE HARD AND TAKE CARE Donation by Nicolas CHOTEAU 31/08/09  

£30.00

Good luck Anthony ! Super Idea ! Donation by johannes + Ingrid 27/08/09  

£50.00

All the best from the Casinis. Look forward to hearing the tales of agony! Donation by massimiliano casini 22/08/09  

£200.00 + £56.41 Gift Aid

Good luck Anthony and I will think of you every time I smash another 300yd drive! Donation by Clive Scholefield 19/08/09  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

Fantastic initiative and we wish you all luck. Conny and Camilla Donation by Conny Josefsson 18/08/09  

£50.00

Our prayers are with the parents of this brave little girl. Donation by Jeff & Angela - Hillcrest, South Africa. 04/08/09  

£35.00

Good luck and regards from Switzerland Donation by Rudy & Ursula 28/07/09  

£200.00

Good luck Anthony. Hope all goes well. Donation by Jenny Peterkin 16/07/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Wow! Donation by Timo & Kristiina Toivonen 15/07/09  

£50.00

Let's hope you are as good in the saddle as you are on the golf course Donation by Neil Galletti 14/07/09  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

Good Luck Anthony and take care on your great adventure - a wonderful cause to be supporting. Donation by Diane Gibson 13/07/09  

£15.00 + £4.23 Gift Aid

..the pain lasts a short while. The glory lasts for ever. Donation by Chris and Sally Hewitt 06/07/09  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

Anthony. Good luck -this is compensation for my inability to sent an email! Donation by lynn mildner 02/07/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Great Cause, best of luck and safe travels! Donation by Kersten & Catherine Deere 02/07/09  

£100.00

Hope the gain exceeds the pain - good luck Donation by Geoff & Hazel 28/06/09  

£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid

Because we have been given a 2nd chance Donation by Bester 16/06/09  

£100.00

All the best and well done for helping fight Childrens Cancer Donation by David and Christine Pratt 15/06/09  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

Because the cause is worth it Donation by Smithy 12/06/09  

£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid
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