<p><em><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: red; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;amp; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Thank you for visiting our JustGiving page. By donating here the money will go straight to our chosen charity - Tushinde. We will also be collecting donations during fundraising events and these monies will be distributed to SSAFA (Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Families Association) as well as Tushinde. Please see the links below for more information on our chosen charities.</span></em><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;amp; mso-ansi-language: EN;">&nbsp;</span><span style="mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #333399; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%;"><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: red; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;amp; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt;">&nbsp;</span></strong></span></p> <p><span style="color: #0000ff; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #333399; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%;"><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;amp; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt;"><a title="Tushinde" href="http://www.tushinde.org.uk/">Tushinde</a></span></strong></span></p> <p><span style="color: #0000ff; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #333399; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%;"><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;amp; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt;"><a title="SSAFA" href="http://www.ssafa.org.uk/">SSAFA</a></span></strong></span></p> <p><span><span style="mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #333399; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%;"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: red; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;amp; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt;">The Mission</span></span></strong></span></span></p> <p><span style="mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #333399; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: #333399; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;amp; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt;">A team of 5 personnel from RAF Shawbury will be attempting to complete an Ironman Triathlon on 24 June 2012 to raise money for two charities - Tushinde and SSAFA.</span></span></p> <p><span><span style="mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #333399; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%;"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: red; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;amp; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt;">The Team</span></span></strong></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: navy; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;amp; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Liam Salt, Chris Duffy, Tom Healing, Si Williams and Mike Jones</span></p> <p><span><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: red; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;amp; mso-ansi-language: EN;">The Event</span></span></strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: #000090; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;amp; mso-ansi-language: EN;">An Ironman Triathlon is one of a series of long-distance triathlon races organised by the World Triathlon Corporation (WTC) consisting of a 2.4-mile (3.86&nbsp;km) swim, a 112-mile (180.25&nbsp;km) bike and a marathon 26.219-mile (42.195km) run, raced in that order and without a break</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;amp; mso-ansi-language: EN;">.</span></p> <p><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: #0000ff; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;amp; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><a title="Ironman Nice" href="http://ironmannice.com/">Ironman Nice</a></span></strong></p> <p><strong></strong><span><span><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: red; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;amp; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;"><span style="mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #000090; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%;">The Reason - Tushinde</span></span></span></strong></span></span></p> <p><span><span style="mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #000090; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: #000090; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;amp; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">Tushinde provides free education, food and shelter to children in Africa that have often lost one or both of their parents to HIV and are being cared for by relatives or neighbours.</span></span><span style="mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #000090; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: #000090; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;amp; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">&nbsp;</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: #000090; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;amp; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><span style="mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #000090; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%;">We hope to give one boy and one girl the opportunity for education, food and accommodation away from the slums. </span></span><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: red; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;amp; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">&pound;2,000 </span></strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: #000090; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;amp; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><span style="mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #000090; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%;">is the target and every penny you donate will make a difference to these children&rsquo;s lives.</span></span></p>