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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #00518e; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.</span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; background: white;"><span style="color: #00518e; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; background: white;"><span style="color: #00518e; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I am raising money for the <strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Children’s Paediatric Team </strong>which is part of <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">The East & North Hertfordshire NHS Charitable Fund</span></span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; background: white;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong><span style="color: #00518e; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">I am doing this by cycling over 440 grueling km’s across France and into Italy from Nice to Pisa from Sept 9<sup>th</sup> to 13<sup>th</sup> 2011. </span></strong><span style="color: #00518e; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; background: white;"><span style="color: #00518e; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">To see the distance and the route – please see my JustGiving photos!</span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; background: white;"><span style="color: #00518e; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; background: white;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: #00518e; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">This cycle has been entirely organised and self-funded by myself, and I would like to utilise this opportunity by raising some much needed sponsorship for the Paediatrics team, which provides amazing care and support for Children across E & N Hertfordshire.</span><span style="color: #00518e; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"></span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; background: white;"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #00518e; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Children's Paediatric Team</span></span></span></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; background: white;"><span style="color: #00518e; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Paediatrics staff are an exemplary team of dedicated children’s nurses who strive to provide excellent standards of acute care for over 34,000 children per year in E & N Hertfordshire. </span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; background: white;"><span style="color: #00518e; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">We care for children and young people that have a wide spectrum of problems, injuries and illnesses. These include:</span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: -20.25pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 38.25pt; background: white; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; color: #00518e; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="color: #00518e; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Emergency operations for injuries such as broken limbs and for acute problems such as appendicitis</span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; background: white;"><span style="color: #00518e; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; background: white;"><span style="color: #00518e; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Please did deep to support the Paediatrics team and help them to continue to provide excellent care for children, which they deserve.</span></span></span></p>
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