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Catriona Coleman is raising money for RNIB - Royal National Institute of Blind People
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Dog Sledding in the Land of the Midnight Sun · 3 March 2009

Every day 250 people in the UK start losing their sight. With your help, we can be there when people need us most, support independent living, create an inclusive society and prevent avoidable sight loss. Every pound you raise will help create a future where sight loss is no longer a barrier.

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***** Challenge Complete.  and I survived! *****

Into the arctic circle, sledding over 200Km in 5 days into the wilds of the most Northern European country to raise money for RNIB (Royal National Institute of Blind People)

 This will be a gruelling event which will test me physically and mentally and where team work between (wo)man and dog can mean the difference between life and death (and this is not a total over exaggeration).

I will be given a team of 4-6 dogs that I will have to run and care for, covering distances of up to 60km per day and with miles of up hill climbs I will have to work with the dogs, helping the team by pushing and running along side the sled and all this in temperatures as low as -30ºC with nothing but frozen sandwiches for lunch!! 

Please sponsor me as generously as possible and help me reach my target of £4000!!  And remember to tick on the gift aid check box to make sure 25% in Gift Aid, plus a 3% suppliment, is added to your donation (at no extra cost to you).

Thank you for sponsoring me and supporting me in what will be the challenge of a life time.

Donation summary

Total
£5,001.45
+ £236.22 Gift Aid
Online
£1,433.50
Offline
£3,567.95

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