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Joe Hoare is raising money for Meningitis Research Foundation
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London Marathon · 10 October 2012

Meningitis Research Foundation is a charity driven by a passionate mission to prevent the devastating impact of meningitis. Founded by individuals whose lives were profoundly affected by meningitis, we are dedicated to enabling positive change by uniting people and knowledge to save lives.

Story

As a 6 month year old baby I had pneumococcal meningitis, which at the time the doctors said there was a 1 in a million chance of getting it.  It is something I have not really discussed but  having 2 children myself I spoke about it with my family. The symptoms were all present but the doctors kept dismissing it. Eventually they became so severe I was rushed to hospital and my parents were told next 48 hours were critical, I was read my last rights by my local priest but thank fully I survived.

This has really made me realize how fortunate I was and I want to be able to help as many people as possible if ever they have the unfortunate problem of catching meningitis.

It is only since this conversation with my parents that it really hit me how fortunate I was and I want to repay that.

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Donation summary

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£2,150.60
+ £449.10 Gift Aid
Online
£2,150.60
Offline
£0.00

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