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Lesley Green is raising money for Make-A-Wish Foundation UK

Participants: Love to Swim, Lindsay Hopkins, Lara Humphries, Natasha Caton, Penny Duncan, Luke Banfield

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Make a Wishathon · 9 April 2011

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Make-A-Wish UK is part of a global movement that exists to make life-changing wishes come true for the thousands of critically ill children across the UK. The power of a wish allows families to create lasting memories that they will treasure forever – no matter what the future holds.

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<p>Thanks for taking the time to visit our JustGiving page.</p> <p>On Saturday April 9th the Love to Swim Team will be participating in the Swimathon Challenge to help raise money for Make a Wish Foundation.&nbsp;</p> <p>Swimathon is the world's biggest fundraising swim and each of our team will aim to swim either 1.5k, 2.5k or the ultimate 5k.&nbsp;</p> <p>Make a Wish Foundation grant magical wishes to children and young people fighting life threatening illnesses. Since being established in the UK in 1986, they have granted over 6,400 wishes.</p> <p>There are 20,000 children and young people living in the UK with a life threatening illness</p> <p>Make a Wish has granted 6,400 wishes over 25 years</p> <p>This year alone 1,200 children will turn to Mae a wish to have their special wish granted.&nbsp;</p> <p><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Make a Wish needs to raise &pound;5,5m in 2011 to achieve this</span></p> <p>So please dig deep and help us to achieve our target of &pound;4,000 to grant a special wish and help transform someone's life by sponsoring us in our Swimathon Challenge&nbsp;</p> <p><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; margin-left: 0cm; text-indent: -18.0pt; line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">&middot;<span style="font: 7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; margin-left: 0cm; text-indent: -18.0pt; line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: &quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">P</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; margin-left: 0cm; text-indent: -18.0pt; line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;">&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; margin-left: 0cm; text-indent: -18.0pt; line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: &quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h2 style="font-size: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; list-style-type: none; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; line-height: 25px; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: #ffffff; padding: 0px;">&nbsp;Since being established in the UK in 1986, we have granted over 6,400 wishes.</h2> <p>&nbsp;</p>

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