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Update
A big thank you to everyone who supported Vision Aid Overseas by making a donation at the Optician Awards.

Thank you so much for your support!

Come on the IronMan Team!
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Please support the Optician UK IronMan 70.3 Team and help raise money for Vision Aid Overseas. We are calling on all optical professional and others working in the optical industry to make a donation to help the world to see. The more people who donate, the more lives Vision Aid Overseas can transform with eye care and spectacles!

Optician Magazine has assembled a team of seven optical athletes to take part in the 2008 UK IronMan 70.3 to raise funds for Vision Aid Overseas. The team faces one of the toughest physical challenges competed in Great Britain:

- a 1.2 mile swim in the cool waters of Wimbleball Lake;
- 56 miles of gruelling cycling across the hills of Exmoor;
- and finally an entire half marathon (13.1 miles!) off-road across the moors!

They are competing both as a personal challenge and to raise funds for optical charity Vision Aid Overseas, who are dedicated to people in the developing world whose lives are blighted by poor eyesight.

300 million people in the developing world need spectacles to live an ordinary life but do not have them due to poverty and the lack of optical services. The World Health Organisation has acknowledged this as the leading cause of avoidable visual impairment. Many people who are functionally blind simply need spectacles to see. Without them children fail at school, mothers and fathers have to stop working and elderly people are forced to live without dignity. The consequences for individuals and their communities can be devastating.

The athletes are putting their bodies on the line for Vision Aid Overseas. Please dig deep and make a donation to support their effort, the work of hundreds of VAO volunteers from all over the UK who work on overseas projects for free and for the millions of people who only need spectacles to live an ordinary life.

You can also follow the team's progress by visiting their blog:
http://oakleytransitionsironmanteam.blogspot.com/

Thank you very much for your support.

I'm impressed with Emma -mad girl - donate my Green Belt R to a great Charity Donation by Simon Brazil 27/06/08  

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Thanks for a great weekend! Donation by Lyndon, Alyson and Sophia 24/06/08  

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This is from the aged parents and friends of Emma who are trying to cope with having a daughter who seems to have disregarded pretty pink dresses and Donation by James Long 20/06/08  

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Well done. Rather you than us. Donation by Phil & Rachel 19/06/08  

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Thanks for a great weekend. We enjoyed meeting / staying with you all Donation by Andy & Deborah 18/06/08  

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Well done! Donation by Gareth 16/06/08  

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Good Luck. Hope you make it back for work by Tuesday! Donation by Dyer & Scott Opticians 13/06/08  

£100.00

Good luck - just do your best! Donation by Judy 12/06/08  

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Good Luck Donation by Margaret 12/06/08  

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All Best wishes - Just keep going! Donation by Dianne 11/06/08  

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GOOD LUCK! Donation by ANON 11/06/08  

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Good luck Donation by Roisin 11/06/08  

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Best of luck to Chris and the rest of you. Donation by Alex 11/06/08  

£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid

Well Andrew lets see if you can complete this without too many injuries! We will have a beer waiting for you at No 3. Donation by Jamie & Mandy 10/06/08  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Go iron lady, go! That's for you Emm, not Maggie Thatcher! Seriously luv, so much respect to you and the team. Good luck and enjoy! Donation by Daz & Andrea 10/06/08  

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Best wishes Donation by Cathy 06/06/08  

£5.00

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Fiona - the very best of luck at the weekend - I take my hat off to you - we'll be thinking of you on the South Downs. Donation by Yvonne Grayson 04/06/08  

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the lengths you folks go to get out of a days work! Anyone interested in running the Comrades marath Donation by Will Weatherill 01/06/08  

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All the best and good luck Donation by Valerie Scarr 29/05/08  

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Thank you for all your energetic support! Donation by Felicity Harding 28/05/08  

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best wishes and good luck Donation by vera 27/05/08  

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The very best of luck. Donation by Peter F Booth 27/05/08  

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best wishes, great effort Donation by caroline 27/05/08  

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This will be a fantastic achievement for a wonderful cause Donation by Bernadette Graham 27/05/08  

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Fantastic team effort! Donation by Janice English 27/05/08  

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Best wishes for a successful completion Donation by Ronald 26/05/08  

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