<p><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Comic Sans MS&amp;amp;quot;;">Hi everyone,</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Comic Sans MS&amp;amp;quot;;">At some point in our lives at least 1 in 3 of us will be touched by Hospice care and jointly, hospices need to raise more than &pound;1,000,000 a day just to survive.<br></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Comic Sans MS&amp;amp;quot;;">Chelsey, aged 11, was a little girl I used to babysit for, and I became very close to her. Chelsey had profound cerebral palsy and needed care 24 hours a day but gave so much to those around her. Sadly, she died in the East Anglia Children&rsquo;s Hospice in Cambridge on 25 February 2011. Her death made me realise just what a fantastic job hospices do and as I also have experience of the care provided by the adult hospice, I wanted to raise money for as many hospices as possible so decided to try for a London Marathon place to raise funds for &lsquo;Help the Hospices.&rsquo;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Comic Sans MS&amp;amp;quot;;">Running the Marathon isn&rsquo;t going to be easy for me. I guess it isn&rsquo;t easy for anyone but I have the added disadvantage of being a severe asthmatic. I&rsquo;ve had several hospital admissions this year alone because of my condition but my Consultant says there is no reason I can&rsquo;t complete the Marathon, as long as I maintain a good training regime which I fully intend do as my lasting tribute to Chelsey who touched so many lives. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Comic Sans MS&amp;amp;quot;;">Please, please HELP ME!!! </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Comic Sans MS&amp;amp;quot;;">Thank you x x x<br></span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p>