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Claire's just giving page

Claire Page is raising money for The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity
In memory of Mark Page
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We raise money to save the lives of people affected by cancer, everywhere. From funding state-of-the-art equipment and groundbreaking research, to creating the very best patient environments, we will never stop looking for ways to save the lives of people affected by cancer.

Story

<p><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;"> </span></p> <div style="text-indent: 0px !important;"><span style="text-indent: 0px !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"> <p style="text-indent: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; margin: 0px !important;"><span style="text-indent: 0px !important; color: #000000;"><strong style="text-indent: 0px !important;"><em style="text-indent: 0px !important;"><span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Medium';"><span style="text-indent: 0px !important; font-size: 12pt;">Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.</span></span></em></strong></span></p> <p style="text-indent: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; margin: 0px !important;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="text-indent: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; margin: 0px !important;"><span style="text-indent: 0px !important; color: #000000;"><strong style="text-indent: 0px !important;"><em style="text-indent: 0px !important;"><span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Medium';"><span style="text-indent: 0px !important; font-size: 12pt;">This page is in memory of my beloved husband Mark.</span></span></em></strong></span></p> <p style="text-indent: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; margin: 0px !important;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="text-indent: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; margin: 0px !important;"><span style="text-indent: 0px !important; color: #000000;"><strong style="text-indent: 0px !important;"><em style="text-indent: 0px !important;"><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 16px; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Medium';"><span style="text-indent: 0px !important; font-size: 12pt;">He suffered terribly from depression and had many dark days and things got too much for him and he very sadly took his own life on April 16th 2011.</span></span></span></em></strong></span></p> <p style="text-indent: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; margin: 0px !important;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="text-indent: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; margin: 0px !important;"><span style="text-indent: 0px !important; color: #000000;"><strong style="text-indent: 0px !important;"><em style="text-indent: 0px !important;"><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 16px; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Medium';"><span style="text-indent: 0px !important; font-size: 12pt;">As many of you know Mark had his own gardening business and always felt flowers should stay in the garden where they can flourish and continue their life naturally which is why I'm asking for donations to Royal Marsden rather than flowers.</span></span></span></em></strong></span></p> <p style="text-indent: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; margin: 0px !important;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="text-indent: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; margin: 0px !important;"><span style="text-indent: 0px !important; color: #000000;"><strong style="text-indent: 0px !important;"><em style="text-indent: 0px !important;"><span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Medium';"><span style="text-indent: 0px !important; font-size: 12pt;">The reason I am setting up this page is that Mark was very fond of his Uncle Alan, who sadly lost his fight due to cancer in May 2009 and the Royal Marsden hospital enable him to have an extra 7 precious months with his family.</span></span></em></strong></span></p> <p style="text-indent: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; margin: 0px !important;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="text-indent: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; margin: 0px !important;"><span style="text-indent: 0px !important; color: #000000;"><strong style="text-indent: 0px !important;"><em style="text-indent: 0px !important;"><span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Medium';"><span style="text-indent: 0px !important; font-size: 12pt;">Once you donate, they&rsquo;ll send your money directly to the charity and make sure Gift Aid is reclaimed on every eligible donation by a UK taxpayer. So it&rsquo;s the most efficient way to donate - I raise more, whilst saving time and cutting costs for the charity.</span></span></em></strong></span></p> <p style="text-indent: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; margin: 0px !important;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="text-indent: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; margin: 0px !important;"><span style="text-indent: 0px !important; color: #000000;"><strong style="text-indent: 0px !important;"><em style="text-indent: 0px !important;"><span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Medium';"><span style="text-indent: 0px !important; font-size: 12pt;">Many thanks for taking time to read this</span></span></em></strong></span></p> <div><span style="text-indent: 0px !important; color: #000000;"><strong style="text-indent: 0px !important;"><em style="text-indent: 0px !important;"><span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Medium';"><span style="text-indent: 0px !important; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></span></em></strong></span></div> </span></div> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><span style="color: #000000;"><strong><em>&nbsp;</em></strong></span></p>

Donation summary

Total
£2,595.00
+ £538.75 Gift Aid
Online
£2,485.00
Offline
£110.00

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