<p><!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 24.0pt; line-height: 24.0pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; font-family: Georgia; color: #262626;" lang="EN-US">I am writing this post very quickly, too quickly perhaps given the gravity of what it&rsquo;s about.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 24.0pt; line-height: 24.0pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; font-family: Georgia; color: #262626;" lang="EN-US">Why am I choosing my charity?</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 24.0pt; line-height: 24.0pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; font-family: Georgia; color: #262626;" lang="EN-US">Well the reason for that is very simple.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 24.0pt; line-height: 24.0pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; font-family: Georgia; color: #262626;" lang="EN-US">The woman I love (my wife btw) was diagnosed with cancer two years ago.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 24.0pt; line-height: 24.0pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; font-family: Georgia; color: #262626;" lang="EN-US">I will spare you the details but she is still here, she is well, and the outlook is rosy.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 24.0pt; line-height: 24.0pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; font-family: Georgia; color: #262626;" lang="EN-US">The situation for many others is not so hot.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 24.0pt; line-height: 24.0pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; font-family: Georgia; color: #262626;" lang="EN-US">That is where Macmillan come in. They are the people who are experts in helping those who have been told they have cancer.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 24.0pt; line-height: 24.0pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; font-family: Georgia; color: #262626;" lang="EN-US">They care with professionalism and dignity and 97% of their income comes from donations.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 24.0pt; line-height: 24.0pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; font-family: Georgia; color: #262626;" lang="EN-US">The support they provide is practical, whether it be in the shape of end-of-life palliative care, or direct financial support to those with cancer and their families.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 24.0pt; line-height: 24.0pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; font-family: Georgia; color: #262626;" lang="EN-US">I am proud to support them and I hope you can see your way to giving them a bob or two as well.</span></p> <!--EndFragment--></p>