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Target Ovarian Cancer Sponsor Oliver Jones

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Virgin London Marathon 2012 · 22 April 2012 ·

At Target Ovarian Cancer, we target what’s important to stop ovarian cancer devastating lives. Stand together. Save lives.

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<p><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; color: black; font-family: Arial;"> <p><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; color: black; font-family: Arial;">Thanks for taking the time to visit&nbsp;my JustGiving page.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; color: black; font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; color: black; font-family: Arial;">My mum, Susie Jones, has been bravely battling cancer for a few years now.&nbsp;&nbsp;Although everyone would&nbsp;say this about their mum, Susie&nbsp;is one of the most generous and giving people&nbsp;in this&nbsp;world and has spent her life looking after other people as a sports physiotherapist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span></span>As well as mending broken rugby players, she also has worked for many years, voluntarily, on the finish line of the London Marathon as a physio helping weary runners recuperate after their 26 miles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span></span>So if you&rsquo;ve run the London marathon in the last 15 years or so it&rsquo;s quite likely you will have come across her or a member of the team she organises at your most weary!</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; color: black; font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; color: black; font-family: Arial;">Target Ovarian Cancer is a national UK charity that exists&nbsp;to improve the survival and the quality of life of women with ovarian cancer in the UK.&nbsp; The charity has made a difference supporting Susie, and many others,&nbsp;fighting to beat this terrible disease.&nbsp; Some of your money will also go into research to beat the disease and awareness to catch it early.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; color: black; font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; color: black; font-family: Arial;">As for my marathon run; whilst I started with good training intentions the arrival of baby Sophia in early March has thrown a spanner in the works and my training regime has been severely affected.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>In fact, I've only made it out on one run in 6 weeks!&nbsp; I'll therefore be a great case study to see what happens when a&nbsp;relatively active bloke just gets up on a&nbsp;Sunday morning and decides they are going for a very, very long run!</span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; color: black; font-family: Arial;">&nbsp; Determination and your support will help me get through it!</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; color: black; font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; color: black; font-family: Arial;">Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving &ndash; they&rsquo;ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they&rsquo;ll send your money directly to the charity and make sure Gift Aid is reclaimed on every eligible donation by a UK taxpayer. So it&rsquo;s the most efficient way to donate - I raise more, whilst saving time and cutting costs for the charity.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; color: black; font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; color: black; font-family: Arial;">So please dig deep and donate now.</span></span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> </span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p>

Donation summary

Total
£4,831.00
+ £650.25 Gift Aid
Online
£4,181.00
Offline
£650.00

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