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Dear friends - this is technically a late request for sponsorship!  Two weeks and counting.  I know times are tough so no worries if you don't sponsor us but do take a minute to reflect on the events that we are commemorating?

I am taking part in an event, Project 65, to mark the 65th anniversary of D-Day.  198 brave souls are running 60 miles in 24 hours (with one hour rest at 11pm), then catching the ferry to Normandy where we (relatives of the original combatants) join them for a 3 mile run to a place called Benouville (Pegasus Bridge).  We are timed to arrive at the same time the gliders crash landed (the gliders were towed across the channel and dropped into occupied France as the commencement of D-Day - their job was to ensure the germans couldn't mobilise their forces to the beaches by disabling key bridges along the route).  198 is the exact number of people originally involved, including the pilots of the planes that towed them over and we will all be wearing a shirt bearing the name of one of them.
 
My father was in charge of one of the gliders, just out of university and having had no active service.  All the men were incredibly brave, and the daughter of the first man (Dan Brotheridge) to die in the d-day invasion will be running/walking with us - she was born two weeks after he died.  

 Money raised will go to Help for Heroes, amongst others.  Our 'team', honouring my father, is comprised of me (and yes I can now run OVER 3 miles!), my mother (who, like me, is running for the first time in her life) and my brother Guy (who is infact half German so represents conciliation too!).  By sponsoring me you will also be sponsoring them.
 
But ultimately, for me, it falls into the category of 'lest we forget'.....
 
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ps my mother originally had us down as part of the 60 mile effort!  She called saying ' this could be harder than we expected....'

Well done mate - looking forward to hearing about it! Donation by Rachel Pryor 08/06/09  

£40.00 + £11.28 Gift Aid

By the time you read this you may have already done it! A really worthy cause - good job done Em Donation by Steve & Jacqui Fowkes 07/06/09  

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Good Luck-you'll breeze through. xx Donation by Debs and David 04/06/09  

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I am really proud of you Emma and will be thinking of you. Good luck! Donation by Jane Mcdonnell 04/06/09  

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Awesome Emma - it will be amazing! Donation by Jaqui Lowry 04/06/09  

£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid

Go Emma! Great effort - have a fab day. Donation by Kit Wade-Thomas 04/06/09  

£15.00 + £4.23 Gift Aid

Have a fab and poignant time x Donation by Nikki Jones 03/06/09  

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Good Luck x x Donation by Kerry and Colin Horne 02/06/09  

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Well done and good luck! xx Donation by Lou 02/06/09  

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Good luck xxx Donation by Felicity 02/06/09  

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Run your socks off Zena and don't flash Obama! Amazing cause - well done! X Donation by Red Gazelle 01/06/09  

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"May the road rise up to meet you and the sun shine on you" ye olde irish saying Donation by Muntjack 01/06/09  

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As we have family still serving, we know this is a fantastic cause! Emma good luck and much love X Donation by Steph 31/05/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Very worthy! Good Luck Emma Donation by John H 29/05/09  

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Best of luck Donation by Steve McCue 28/05/09  

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Just a few pennies to wish you good luck. GO EMMA GO!!! Donation by Birthe 28/05/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Emma what a fantastic effort - well done for taking part and it's so important to remember all the original heroes who took part. Suzanne & Peter x Donation by Suzanne Jackson 28/05/09  

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Very proud of you & a great achievement in more ways than one Donation by Lead Gazelle 27/05/09  

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Well done Emma - lets hear it for the boys!! xx Donation by Zoe T 27/05/09  

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Good for you Emma. A moving event in many ways! Donation by Vanessa Vigar 27/05/09  

£10.00

A great idea. All the best Donation by George 27/05/09  

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Good luck, great cause..I look forward to hearing about it on the next run! x Donation by Annabel 27/05/09  

£25.00

Go girl! x Donation by Sally Thomson 27/05/09  

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Not exactly in the best McDonnell tradition of physical lethargy? Donation by Neil & Jane McClure 27/05/09  

£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid

Its a good one to run for. I'll be thinking of you x Donation by Cam 27/05/09  

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Good Luck Emma! Wish I could see you in action! Donation by Liz Hutchinson (nee Shay) 27/05/09  

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