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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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I'm impressed with Emma -mad girl - donate my Green Belt R to a great Charity Donation by Simon Brazil on 27/06/08 |
£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid |
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Thanks for a great weekend! Donation by Lyndon, Alyson and Sophia on 24/06/08 |
£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid |
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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 on 20/06/08 |
£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid |
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Well done. Rather you than us. Donation by Phil & Rachel on 19/06/08 |
£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid |
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Thanks for a great weekend. We enjoyed meeting / staying with you all Donation by Andy & Deborah on 18/06/08 |
£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid |
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Well done! Donation by Gareth on 16/06/08 |
£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid |
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Good Luck. Hope you make it back for work by Tuesday! Donation by Dyer & Scott Opticians on 13/06/08 |
£100.00 |
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Good luck - just do your best! Donation by Judy on 12/06/08 |
£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid |
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Good Luck Donation by Margaret on 12/06/08 |
£20.00 |
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Donation by OMDUK on 12/06/08 |
£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid |
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All Best wishes - Just keep going! Donation by Dianne on 11/06/08 |
£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid |
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GOOD LUCK! Donation by ANON on 11/06/08 |
£40.00 + £11.28 Gift Aid |
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Good luck Donation by Roisin on 11/06/08 |
£5.00 |
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Best of luck to Chris and the rest of you. Donation by Alex on 11/06/08 |
£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid |
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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 on 10/06/08 |
£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid |
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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 on 10/06/08 |
£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid |
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Best wishes Donation by Cathy on 06/06/08 |
£5.00 |
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Ouch! Donation by victoria on 05/06/08 |
£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid |
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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 on 04/06/08 |
£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid |
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good luck Donation by g bibby on 02/06/08 |
£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid |
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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 on 01/06/08 |
£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid |
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All the best and good luck Donation by Valerie Scarr on 29/05/08 |
£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid |
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Thank you for all your energetic support! Donation by Felicity Harding on 28/05/08 |
£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid |
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best wishes and good luck Donation by vera on 27/05/08 |
£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid |
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Good Luck Donation by libby clayton on 27/05/08 |
£25.00 |
| * 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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