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Donna and Charlene Goinden/Carter is raising money for The Wessex Neurological Centre Trust
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Adidas Dublin Marathon 2009 · 26 October 2009 ·

The Wessex Neurological Centre serves a population of 3 million throughout central southern England & the Channel Islands. Having successfully raised £80,000 to provide a dedicated 'critical care' ambulance, and £145,000 to fund the creation of a Paediatric Video-Telemetry Suite (used to assess children with severe Epilepsy as to their suitability for life-changing corrective surgery), our latest appeal aims to raise a further £200,000 for our most ambitious project to date - the Fluorescence Enhanced Neurosurgery Appeal. Surgeons at the Centre perform vascular neurosurgery (to repair aneurysms, haemorrhages and the like), on hundreds of patients each year. By equipping one of the Centre's operating theatres with a new, state-of-the-art operating microscope fitted with the FL800 Fluorescence system, most of these patients will benefit. Fluorescence Enhanced Neurosurgery enables surgeons to clearly visualise blood-flow in adjacent brain tissue, reducing the possibility of either a recurrence of the bleed, or of a post-operative stroke. For further details, please visit www.smile4rich.co.uk

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Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.

I am running the Dublin Marathon on the 26th October 2009, I have decided to raise money for the Wessex Neurological Centre Trust in Southampton.

My reason for choosing this charity is because a colleague of mine has just recently lost a very close relative who sadly died at the age of 24, he was very grateful for the help and support of the Wessex Neurological Centre Trust during her stay there.

Tragedy can hit anyone at anytime I had a very close member of my family who has suffered cancer twice and we also received an enourmous amount of help and support from various charities and people, we were lucky and had a happy ending, it is not until you are faced with these circumstances do you realise how important this network of support is.

This is not my first marathon, I have already run the Jersey Marathon and the Mallorca Marathon in the past, I have a passion for excercise and do love running and I feel that putting my body through 4-5 hours of discomfort is nothing compared to what some people have to endure through their illness.

So please help my discomfort all the whorthwhile and donate to a very worthy cause, you never know when you may need their support!

Thanks

Donna

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