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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; color: blue; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Date: 18th - 28th June 2011 </span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; color: blue; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; color: blue; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">Paul Green’s “Ride for Children 2011” – In Aid of Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital - Charity motorcycle ride around the British Isles</span> </span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Having completed the Enduro Africa 2009 a fund raising event in South Africa for UNICEF "Ride for Life", a group of participants wanted to ride raise some funds for children a little closer to home and in the process have a bit of fun. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">So we created the “Ride for Children 2010” event, a motorcycle ride around the Welsh coast. This was very successful and rose over £2,500 for Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Following the success of this event, this year we are extending our reach and will be attempting to complete the entire British Isles coastal route in 7 days, avoiding all motorways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The event will start at the ACE Café in London on Saturday 18<sup>th</sup> June 2011, departing at 10:00am, routing South to Brighton, then heading West around the coastline of England, Wales and Scotland, before heading south along the east coast and finishing back at Brighton.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Why are we doing it – simply for the children who so desperately need the help of Great Ormond Street Hospital and their staff?</span><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; color: blue; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Great Ormond Street has to raise a massive sum of £50 Million each year in order to provide life changing services to the children and their families. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">It is the charitable funding that makes various advantaged types of surgery possible at this truly amazing children's hospital. Please help support us raise the much needed funds for Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital. They really do make a difference and really need our help.</span><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; color: blue; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Please help me reach my fund raising target by donating what ever you can by visiting: </span><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; color: blue; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><a href="../ride-for-children"><span style="color: blue;">www.justgiving.com/ride-for-children</span></a> </span></p>
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