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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.
Raised:
93%
Raised so far: £7,009.60
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The very best of luck. Donation by Peter F Booth on 27/05/08 |
£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid |
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best wishes, great effort Donation by caroline on 27/05/08 |
£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid |
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This will be a fantastic achievement for a wonderful cause Donation by Bernadette Graham on 27/05/08 |
£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid |
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Fantastic team effort! Donation by Janice English on 27/05/08 |
£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid |
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Best wishes for a successful completion Donation by Ronald on 26/05/08 |
£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid |
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Andrew - very best of luck, I still think you are certifiable though! Donation by Guy & Coral on 20/05/08 |
£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid |
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Andrew - you are completely bonkers!!. Good luck Donation by Lara & Al on 12/05/08 |
£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid |
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You're absolutely mad Emma!!! I'm exhausted even thinking about it - but good luck to you all! Donation by Lucy (at Little Feet) on 08/05/08 |
£15.00 + £4.23 Gift Aid |
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Mad, completely mad Donation by Anne&Eddie on 06/05/08 |
£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid |
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Don't get rusty Donation by BBR Optometry on 30/04/08 |
£100.00 |
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Emma, I stand by everything i have always said about you.....you are one crazy lady!!!! Good luck hun, and good luck to the rest of the team :) Donation by Taryn and Nick Williams on 23/04/08 |
£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid |
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sounds like great fun(except the running,cycling....and the swimming! Donation by amjad on 22/04/08 |
£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid |
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Emma and team you must all be start raving bonkers. I shall be supporting you from my sofa eating maccas and drinking vino - GOOD LUCK!! Donation by Davina on 22/04/08 |
£50.00 |
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Good luck Andrew & co. I'll meet you at the finish line with the 1st aid kit ! Donation by Deborah Armstrong on 16/04/08 |
£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid |
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Donation by Mark Etherington on 15/04/08 |
£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid |
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Emma, you must be nuts to subject yourself to all that but having said that I wish you the very best of luck and hope you raise lots of money !! Donation by stuartleonard on 15/04/08 |
£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid |
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Good luck folks! I think you're all nuts but hey, at least if you're doing it, it means I don't have to aspire to!! :-) Donation by Clare Melton on 14/04/08 |
£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid |
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There are no words to decribe how NUTS!!!!! you really are for doing this! The cheese has definatley slipped off your cracker! Well done you! Donation by Julie Rudd on 14/04/08 |
£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid |
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Go Emma! you bleedin nutter! Donation by Barny on 14/04/08 |
£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid |
| * Total raised online: | £1,245.00 |
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| Offline donations: | £5,764.60 |
| Mobile donations: | £0.00 |
| Total Raised: | £7,009.60 |
| Gift Aid plus supplement: | £265.13 |
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