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<p><span style="color: #333399;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Thanks for visiting my fundraising page to commemorate the of life Mary Brown - an innovative educator and a fantastic friend.</span></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #333399;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Our initial target was £202 - the yearly cost of preventing hunger, and providing an education, for 24 children - the same number that were in my daughter's primary school class. We've nearly tripled that so let's keep at it....</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;"> </span></strong></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #ff6600;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">New target £976 -the cost of feeding 80 children for a whole year!</span></span></strong></p>
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<p><span style="color: #808000; font-family: Verdana;">10% of the sale price of Pip's paintings also goes to to Mary's Meals. </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #3366ff;"><strong>mary's meals - a simple solution to world hunger</strong> <strong>that works</strong></span> </span></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #808080; font-family: Verdana;"><span style="color: #3366ff;">Mary's Meals</span> feeds 600,000 children worldwide and helps ensure their education, giving them not only a nutritious daily meal but the chance of better future. </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #3366ff;"><span style="font-size: small;">It costs <strong>just £10.70 a year</strong>, on average, <strong>to feed a child</strong> their local, staple diet</span>. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small; color: #808080; font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The immediate and ripple effects of drawing children into school with a decent meal are profound - not just for the children but also for the surrounding</span> <span style="font-size: x-small;">community.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small; color: #3366ff;">Visit </span><a href="http://www.marysmeals.org"><span style="font-size: small; color: #3366ff;"><strong>www.marysmeals.org</strong></span></a><span style="font-size: small; color: #3366ff;"> for full information, videos and how to help in other ways. (Direct donations will not show on this page or be included in offline fundraising total but, even so, your money goes to Marys Meals.) </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="color: #808080;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">93% of funds raised are spent on the ground as overheads are kept low - just under 7% is needed for fundraising and running costs.</span> </span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Verdana;">Donating through Justgiving is quick, easy and totally secure</span>. <span style="color: #808080; font-family: Verdana;">It’s also the most efficient way: Mary’s Meals gets your money faster and, <span style="color: #ff0000;">if you’re a UK taxpayer, Justgiving makes sure 25% in Gift Aid</span><span style="color: #ff0000;">, plus a 3% supplement, are added to your donation.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #808080; font-family: Verdana;">In my opinion, Mary's Meals is an effective, coherent, culturally sensitive initiative. Whatever you feel able to contribute would be brilliant. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium; font-family: Verdana;"><strong>Pip xx </strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium; font-family: Verdana;"><strong>Or donate in person at The Blue Ball, 6 Cedar St, Braunston in Rutland LE15 8QS. Tel. 01572 722 135. <a href="http://www.theblueballbraunston.co.uk">www.theblueballbraunston.co.uk</a></strong></span></p>
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