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Keith Smith's "Faso Five-O" 10k, Midlands

Keith Smith is raising money for Acacia Partnership Trust
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Hermitage Harriers 10k Road Race · 14 August 2011

APT works with churches in Burkina Faso, West Africa, to bring God's blessing to their communities through church planting, education, poverty relief, and community development.

Story

<p><span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #003366;"><strong>The Big Five-O!</strong></span></p> <p><strong><span style="color: #000080;">This race is now over. Thank you for all your sponsorship which will enable us to bring further blessing to Burkina Faso.<br /><br /></span></strong><span style="color: #0000ff;">Half of all funds raised will go towards the building of the Gorom-Gorom primary school, and the rest will be used where most needed for APT's other work of poverty relief, community development, church planting etc. </span></p> <p><span style="color: #000080;">I finished the race in 59mins, 30 secs, which was a bit slower than my other times. However I was quite happy as I had hurt my knee in the previous race, and also this was a very hilly course.<br /></span></p> <p><span style="color: #0000ff;">It was the fourth of five 10ks I will be running (having never run one before), in celebration of my 50th birthday and Burkina Faso's 50th year of independence, </span><span style="color: #003366;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">to raise funds for our work with APT, bringing God's blessing to Burkina Faso. </span><br /><br /><span style="color: #0000ff;">This page will continue to receive donations until the five races are over, but you can also sponsor me for the final race by going here:</span><br /><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a href="http://www.acaciapartnershiptrust.org.uk/current-projects/faso-five-o">http://www.acaciapartnershiptrust.org.uk/current-projects/faso-five-o</a></span></span></p> <p><span style="color: #0000ff;">The remaining run is:</span></p> <p><span style="color: #0000ff;">&nbsp; * 11 Sep: Cardiff 10k<br /></span></p> <p><span style="color: #0000ff;"><br /> <br />Read more about our work in Burkina Faso and about "<strong>Faso-Five-O Fundraising</strong>" at the APT website:&nbsp; <a href="http://www.acaciapartnershiptrust.org.uk">www.acaciapartnershiptrust.org.uk</a><br /></span></p> <p><span style="color: #0000ff;">Please Sponsor Me! Thank you.</span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving &ndash; they&rsquo;ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. 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.</p> <p>So please dig deep and donate now.</p>

Donation summary

Total
£2,025.00
+ £185.00 Gift Aid
Online
£880.00
Offline
£1,145.00

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