<p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); margin: 0px;">&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #808080;"><span style="color: #888888; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><strong>Alf Tingley</strong>, a wonderful husband, father and grandfather who suffered from muscular dystrophy for more than 20 years, has sadly passed away.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #808080;"><span style="color: #888888; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #808080;"><span style="color: #888888; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">He was being treated in hospital for cellulitis, a condition he suffered from periodically as a result of MD, when he contracted pneumonia. That aggravated an undiagnosed disease called pulmonary fibrosis, which caused him severe breathing difficulties and, sadly, he died on Friday, April 13.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #808080;"><span style="color: #888888; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #808080;"><span style="color: #888888; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Alf was a tireless fundraiser for the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign, helping to swell its bank balance by many thousands of pounds. And in his memory we would like you to join us in helping to contribute more to the charity and its efforts to find a cure.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #808080;"><span style="color: #888888; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #808080;"><span style="color: #888888; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">The charity funds scientific research into this inherited disease and offers support to those who suffer from it and their relatives.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #808080;"><span style="color: #888888; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #808080;"><span style="color: #888888; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">We have requested that anyone who wishes to make donations to the campaign in lieu of flowers at his funeral to donate here. </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); margin: 0px;">&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #808080;"><span style="color: #888888; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Alternatively, send cheques to the following address, making&nbsp;</span></span><span style="color: #888888;">cheques payable to 'Muscular Dystrophy Campaign' and putting your name and address on the back for receipt purposes:</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #888888;"><br></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #808080;"><span style="color: #888888; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #888888;">Longhurst, 8-10 Pound Lane, Epsom, Surrey, KT19 8RY.</span></p> <br></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #808080;"><span style="color: #888888; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #808080;"><span style="color: #888888; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">---------------------------------------------</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #808080;"><span style="color: #888888; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Donations through JustGiving are safe and secure; your details are not sold and you will not be sent unwanted emails. </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #808080;"><span style="color: #888888; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Once you donate, they&rsquo;ll send your money directly to the charity and make sure Gift Aid is reclaimed on every eligible donation by a UK taxpayer.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #808080;"><span style="color: #888888; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></span></p>