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<p>Hi, I'm Rose de la Rue.</p>
<p>A big "thank you" to everyone who kindly donated to my appeal, enabling me to achieve my £5,000 target (and qualify for a similar amount from the Government's grass roots match funding scheme). The total of over £11,000 is being combined with the amount raised in 2009 by my sister May when she walked "Fifty Miles with my Dad" - the length of the Suffolk coast from Felixstowe to Lowestoft - and raised over £10,000 (plus a similar amount of match funding) to help The Suffolk Foundation support young people with disability in the county. Thanks to your support our joint charitable endowment fund for these good causes now stands at approx. £33,000.</p>
<p>May's example inspired me to try something similar, and so in 2010 it was my turn to travel the same journey with Dad, but this time by bike (which actually involved a longer route). Another difference is that we started from Aldeburgh and ended there: on Sunday 3rd October we finished with a swim (my favourite sport) across the Alde from Sudbourne Marshes to the Aldeburgh Yacht Club. In the conditions at the time it was tougher than I thought, but we managed to make it across!</p>
<p>In the meantime my brother Sam went running with Dad and abseiled with him down the side of Ipswich Hospital (see photo). It's nice to think that doing these things with Dad helped him get fit for his mountaineering adventures, from which he has happily returned in one piece. And I hope that you will join us in thinking of many young people in Suffolk who share my interests in sport and the arts, but who cannot flourish without vital help from volunteers. </p>
<p>Please join me in helping The Suffolk Foundation support young people in Suffolk. </p>
<p>For further information see <a href="http://www.eightup.co.uk/eight-causes/suffolk-foundation">www.eightup.co.uk/eight-causes/suffolk-foundation</a>.</p>
<p>Many thanks,</p>
<p>Rose de la Rue</p>