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Those of you who have read my book "Outsourcing to India: The Offshore Advantage" will be aware that it is dedicated to my grandmother Mary 'May' Jenkinson. She died just after Christmas in 2003; celebrating Christmas at home one day and dead the next - a victim of meningitis.
None of us would like to go before we can even say goodbye to our loved ones. Please help the Meningitis Research Foundation by sponsoring my run at the London Marathon on April 23, 2006.
I have already been training since before Christmas to achieve the distance in a reasonable time - under 3.5 hours I hope! Even a basic training run is 6 miles and my Saturday runs are up to 20 miles, so please help me and the charity, for the memory of May.
These are examples of how the charity can use the money I hope to raise:
£1 (€2) 100 symptoms cards
£5 (€10) 1 school or university information pack
£10 (€15) 1 hour of in-depth support
£25 (€40) 1 hour of a typical research project
£100 (€150) 20 information packs for GP surgeries and health professionals
£250 (€375) funding for our 24 hour helpline for half a day.
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Special thanks go to Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) for their generous corporate donation of £200, plus several individuals working for TCS who have also sponsored me from their own pocket!
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Please dig deep and sponsor me online now.
If you don't understand meningitis then take a look at the research foundation website now: www.meningitis.org
For more information on me, take a look at my website: www.markhillary.com
Donating through this site is simple, fast and totally secure. It is also the most efficient way to sponsor me: Meningitis Research 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. So please sponsor me now!
Many thanks for your support.
Mark Kobayashi-Hillary, London, UK
None of us would like to go before we can even say goodbye to our loved ones. Please help the Meningitis Research Foundation by sponsoring my run at the London Marathon on April 23, 2006.
I have already been training since before Christmas to achieve the distance in a reasonable time - under 3.5 hours I hope! Even a basic training run is 6 miles and my Saturday runs are up to 20 miles, so please help me and the charity, for the memory of May.
These are examples of how the charity can use the money I hope to raise:
£1 (€2) 100 symptoms cards
£5 (€10) 1 school or university information pack
£10 (€15) 1 hour of in-depth support
£25 (€40) 1 hour of a typical research project
£100 (€150) 20 information packs for GP surgeries and health professionals
£250 (€375) funding for our 24 hour helpline for half a day.
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Special thanks go to Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) for their generous corporate donation of £200, plus several individuals working for TCS who have also sponsored me from their own pocket!
----------------
Please dig deep and sponsor me online now.
If you don't understand meningitis then take a look at the research foundation website now: www.meningitis.org
For more information on me, take a look at my website: www.markhillary.com
Donating through this site is simple, fast and totally secure. It is also the most efficient way to sponsor me: Meningitis Research 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. So please sponsor me now!
Many thanks for your support.
Mark Kobayashi-Hillary, London, UK