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Darren Harrison Fundraising Page

Darren Harrison is raising money for Steve Prescott Foundation

Participants: Darren Harrison, Paul Sculthorpe, Chris Joynt, Steve Hampson, Gary Connolly, Anthony Sullivan, Steve Prescott, Terry O'Connor, Chris Smith Steve Hall, Lee Jackson, Paul Barrow, Mike Denning, Barry Ford, Jimmy Gittins, Peter Stephenson

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Cycling / Rowing / Running · 22 April 2009

The Steve Prescott Foundation was set up by a totally inspirational man Steve Prescott MBE. In 2006 he was diagnosed with Pseudomyxoma Peritonei a terminal cancer & sought out to raise funds for The Christie Hospital and the Rugby League Benevolent Fund. The SPF changes the lives of so many people.

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<p><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Thanks for visiting my fundraising page.</span> </span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Verdana;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Back in 2009&nbsp;I&nbsp;embarked on a once in a life time challenge to raise money for the "Steve Prescott Foundation". Along with Steve and a team of ex rugby league professionals&nbsp;we&nbsp;completed the Carnegie Challenge&nbsp;Cup Challenge,&nbsp;cycling over 1000 mile from&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Catalan to Windsor, the rowing&nbsp;24 miles on the River Thames in a dragon boat, topped off with a&nbsp;a &frac12; Marathon run into Wembley on the morning of the Challenge Cup Final.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">&nbsp;</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">&nbsp;</span>This was the toughest two weeks of my life, but&nbsp;I met a fantastic group of people and it's been a pleasure to be assocatied with the foundation.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Verdana;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Verdana;">All funds raised by the the Steve Prescott Foundation are&nbsp;equally split between&nbsp;The Christie Cancer Hospital and the RFL Benevolent Fund, which helps sick and injured Rugby League Players.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Verdana;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p>Our latest fundraising event is the <a title="StevePrescott10K" href="http://www.steveprescottfoundation.co.uk/Events/EventDetails/tabid/85/smid/409/ArticleID/193/Default.aspx" target="_blank">St Helens 10k Run on&nbsp; Sunday 20th March 2010</a>, not quite on the same scale as the 1000 bike ride, but still a great event to help raise money and awareness for the Foundation.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Your continued support is greatly appreciated and It would be fantastic if I could raise &pound;10,000 for these great causes, so please donate kindly, any donation is greatly appreciated.</span></p> <p>Kind Regards</p> <p>Darren&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><a href="http://www.steveprescottfund.co.uk/Events/2009CarnegieChallenge.aspx" target="mytarget"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;">Click here to&nbsp;look at our video footage</span></a></p>

Donation summary

Total
£8,096.00
+ £857.44 Gift Aid
Online
£7,295.00
Offline
£801.00

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