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Participants: Rob Smith, Steve Holloway, Marvin Bijkerk, Derek Prickett, Alan Diddams
Participants: Rob Smith, Steve Holloway, Marvin Bijkerk, Derek Prickett, Alan Diddams
Sail Round Britain for Leukaemia Research · 27 February 2008
Thank you for visiting my fundraising page. Please dig deep and sponsor me online.
This event has really made some waves! This summer we sailed round mainland Britain in a bid to raise as much cash as possible for Leukaemia Research. We set off from the Medway on June the 12th, and stopped over in Newcastle, Aberdeen, Belfast and Padstow (as well as a few other little harbours and anchorages) before returning home exactly one month later.
Why did we do this for Leukaemia Research? Because a couple of years ago I met a young woman called Jessie Whitmore - she was 17 years old, funny, outgoing, her whole life ahead of her. She also had acute myeloid leukaemia. Less than a year after I met her, she had died. No one should have to go through the distress Jessie and her family suffered.
If just a thousand people pledge £20, we can reach our target together.
You can read more about the progress of the event, read the blog, and look at the photos on www.sailroundbritain.co.uk
You can also buy a special Graham Clarke celebratory etching of the voyage of the Wild Rover by going to www.grahamclarke.co.uk/acatalog/Etchings___Published_2008.html
Donating through this site is simple, fast and totally secure. It is also the most efficient way to sponsor me: Leukaemia Research will receive your money faster and, if you are a UK taxpayer, an extra 28% in tax will be added to your gift at no cost to you.
So please sponsor me now!
Many thanks for your support.
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