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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><span style="font-size: small;">Hello, thank you for visiting my JustGiving page. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am raising money for Street Child by running Sierra Leone's first ever marathon - a pretty unique and challenging event!<br><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br>For those who very kindly make donations, thank you so much for sponsoring me and for supporting an incredible charity.<br><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><span style="font-size: small;">Through its support for Street Child, the run in June is an amazing opportunity to help the development of one of the most impoverished countries in the world. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Your donation will make a real impact since it costs just £40 to send a child to school for a whole year, and it costs £100 to cover essential medical care for 50 children for a month. <br><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br>I've never run a marathon before so it’s quite intimidating to be running my first one in tropical conditions - thus all of your support will be especially appreciated!<br><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br>I will post any updates on my blog which I am writing about the race (somewhat embarrassingly), and which can be found here: </span><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a href="http://www.kilnsierraleonemarathon.com/blog/?author=Simon%20Bianco"><span style="font-size: small;">http://www.kilnsierraleonemarathon.com/blog/?author=Simon%20Bianco</span></a></span><span style="font-size: small;"> <br><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><br><span style="font-size: small;">Many thanks again,<br><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><br><span style="font-size: small;">Simon</span></span></p>
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