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<p><span style="font-family: Calibri; color: #000000;">Blubberman to Ironman in aid of DREAMFLIGHT</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: Calibri; color: #000000;">As many of you are aware I completed (slowly) The London Triathlon in aid of DREAMFLIGHT in August 09. Thanks to the huge generosity of many here at FT I raised over £3500 to help send a child on a holiday of a lifetime.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: Calibri; color: #000000;">I am now back again asking for more support for my 2011 fundraising effort, I will be doing another triathlon but this time in St George, Utah. USA. I am going to be upping the game from an Olympic distance of Swim 1500m Cycle 40km run 10km to a full Ironman distance event of Swim 2.4 miles, Cycle 112 miles run 26.2miles (3.86km, 180.25km,42.195km). The event starts at 7am and the cutoff tome is midnight. I hope to get it done in 14 hours.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: Calibri; color: #000000;">For those that don’t know about DREAMFLIGHT or the great work they do please take a moment to visit </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: Calibri; color: #000000;">www.dreamflight.org</span></p>
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<p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Where does the money go?</span></strong></p>
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<p>Dreamflight relies entirely on the generosity of its supporters. The total cost of the Dreamflight trip each year is in excess of <strong>£600,000</strong>. Here’s how your donation could help towards providing the “Holidayof a Lifetime” for a most deserving child:</p>
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<p>· <strong>£5 </strong> pays for a Dreamflight rucksack</p>
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<p>· <strong>£25 </strong>pays for the personalised DVD each child receives of their trip</p>
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<p>· <strong>£40 </strong> provides baseball caps for 16 children</p>
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<p>· <strong>£60</strong> provides lunch and refreshments each day for one child</p>
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<p>· <strong>£100 </strong> buys a transit seat, used for transferring some children to and from<strong> </strong>their wheelchairs</p>
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<p>· <strong>£150</strong> pays for a group’s pre-trip get-together or reunion</p>
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<p>· <strong>£200 </strong> pays for a child to swim with dolphins at Discovery Cove</p>
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<p>· <strong>£280</strong> sponsors a set of T shirts for all the members of one group</p>
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<p>· <strong>£300</strong> pays for his/her accommodation and half board inOrlando</p>
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<p>· <strong>£330</strong> equips every child with a Dreamflight bumbag<strong> </strong></p>
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<p>· <strong>£3000</strong> funds the total holiday for one child</p>
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<p>The Dreamflight trip also offers opportunities for corporate sponsorship, eg.</p>
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<p>· <strong>£900</strong> provides sponsorship for the Dreamflight rucksacks given to each child</p>
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<p>· <strong>£1,300</strong> sponsors hire of the radios and cellphones used to maintain contact between groups inOrlando</p>
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<p>· <strong>£2,800 </strong> covers the cost of a Welcome Party at Heathrow</p>
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<p>· <strong>£13,000</strong> pays for the cost of the domestic flights or coach hire needed to gather all the children together at Heathrow</p>
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<p>· <strong>£13,000</strong> sponsors a day’s entry toMagicKingdom or Universal Studios<strong> </strong>for the entire group – children and helpers</p>
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<p>· <strong>£25,000</strong> sponsors the coaches used daily in Orlando</p>
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<p>· <strong>£40,000</strong> sponsors the day at Discovery Cove, where each child can swim with dolphins</p>
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<p>· <strong>£57,000</strong> sponsors the accommodation in Orlando for the entire stay</p>
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<p>· <strong>£320,000</strong> sponsors the charter of a British Airways 747</p>
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<p><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Thanks</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Christian</span></p>
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