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Owen's Skydive for the Alzheimer's Society

Owen Thompson is raising money for Alzheimer's Society
In memory of Mary Thomas
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Tesco charity of the year partnership · 28 February 2012 ·

At Alzheimer’s Society we’re working towards a world where dementia no longer devastates lives. We do this by giving help to those living with dementia today, and providing hope for the future by campaigning to make dementia the priority it should be and funding groundbreaking research.

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<p>Hi!</p> <p>On Friday 2nd March 2012 I'll be skydiving out of a plane at 10,000ft, to raise money for Alzheimer's Society.</p> <p>The jump is classed as AFF (accelerated freefall), which means I'll be 'flying solo', as opposed to tandem skydiving with an instructor, after a 1 day training session.</p> <p>The Alzheimers Society is Tesco's charity of the year, which is how I heard about the fundraising events they are doing. However, after my grandma passed away 6 years ago with Alzheimers, it's a charity I'd <span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;quot; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;amp;amp;quot; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">&nbsp;</span>particularly like to raise money for anyway.</p> <p class="text_align_left">Alzheimer's Society is the leading support and research charity for people with dementia, their families and carers.</p> <p>There are 750,000 people with dementia in the UK with numbers set to rise to one million by 2021.</p> <p>If you'd like to know more please visit:</p> <p>http://www.alzheimers.org.uk</p> <p><strong>www.justgiving.com/teams/tescocharityoftheyear</strong></p> <p>Any amount however small, you can give would be massively appreciated, however I've set myself a target of &pound;750, so have some Xmas spirit and give generously :)</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Thank-you,</p> <p>Owen</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>So please dig deep and donate now.</p>

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