Keith Saunders

Keith Saunders's Fundraising Page

Fundraising for British Heart Foundation
£1,984
raised of £1,600 target
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Event: Everest Base Camp Trek, March 2009, on 20 March 2009
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Hi

April 15th 2009

Thank you to all my sponsors - I am hugely grateful to you all and proud that I have raised over £2500 for the BHF.  Naturally I was disappointed not to make it to Base Camp but still had the trip of a lifetime - please email me for a fuller account!

Many thanks, lots of love

Keith

March 2nd 2009

Well, only just over two weeks to go to departure for my challenge to get to Everest Base Camp!  Dodgy knees aside, I feel very confident of getting there - I am probably fitter than I have been for years.

A particularly big thanks to all my musical friends who came along on Sunday to play Mahler's wonderful 5th Symphony.  It was a truly great experience - we had about 85 people playing, and I think that we all had a wonderful time.  In addition, the day raised £724 for the cause.  (And with all the food provided by Ange, it was also the best birthday party ever!).  Many thanks to everybody - I have now passed my target of raising  £1600 for the BHF.

June 2008

I want to give a huge thank you to all my friends and colleagues who have sponsored me so far.  Despite the total shown here, I am actually well over halfway towards my fundraising target.

To prepare for the challenge ahead, I have set myself another challenge for this summer which is to walk the whole of the Pennine way, all 257 miles of it.  I have already done the first 42 miles with Martin, Katie and Lucy - see photo of us arriving tired and footsore at Hebden Bridge in May.  I aim to get the rest of it done by July and August, so wish me luck and thanks again for sponsoring me!

This is what I wrote in February 2008:

In February 2009, I shall celebrate my 50th birthday.  To prove that I still have some life left in me, I have set myself the challenge of trekking to Everest Base Camp and at the same time raising £1600 in sponsorship to help the British Heart Foundation.

I am hoping for support from all my friends to achieve this challenge.  So I ask: please dig deep and sponsor me online.

Donating through this site is simple, fast and totally secure. It is also the most efficient way to sponsor me: British Heart Foundation will receive your money faster and, if you are a UK taxpayer, an extra 28% in tax will be added to your gift at no cost to you.

I am incredibly grateful to all my family, friends and colleagues for their support over the past 6 months.  And I thank you in advance for your support in sponsoring me complete this challenge and to support the valuable work of the BHF.

Keith

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British Heart Foundation

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Far too many of us have felt the pain of losing someone we love. With your donations, we power groundbreaking cardiovascular research to save and improve lives, bring hope to families, and keep hearts beating across the UK.

Donation summary

Total raised
£1,984.00
+ £93.08 Gift Aid
Online donations
£330.00
Offline donations
£1,654.00

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