Jason Ritchie

Bananaman Chase for Parkinson's Disease

Fundraising for Parkinson’s UK
£1,152
raised of £500 target
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Event: London Chiquita Bananaman Chase, on 8 July 2007
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Thank you for visiting my fundraising page.

I have done many races before for various charities, although this is my first race in over six years! But this one is special for personal reasons. The monies raised will go towards helping people with Parkinson's disease. For more information please visit -

http://www.parkinsons.org.uk/

http://funfunrun.blogspot.com/

And there is a fundrasing forum you can pop along to as well -http://www.atfreeforum.com/crnewswire/viewforum.php?f=34&mforum=crnewswire

Thanks to the following for their kind donations...

Derek Beesley, Tina Bokhari, Francine Brody, Pam Brogan, Jennie McCann, Victoria Nicholl, Lisa Milton, Lucy Miles, Nikki Lord, Dorothy Nicholson, Sherif Mehmet, Nikk Gunns, Dominic Smith, Steven Lenton, Maggy Park, Pat Edmonds, Fiona McIntosh, Mark Stay, Julia MacBrayne, Steve, Annette & Alex Jenkins, Tabitha Medhurst, Brian Payne, Charlie Farrell, Jo Fletcher, Jessica Williamson, Suzy Jenner, Ian Drury, Genevieve Pegg, Nicholas Edwards, Craig Chapman (Tara's Secret), Rosie Anderson, Pigasus, Benjamin Buchan, Jacque Acaster, Loraine Fleming, Natasha Photiou, Peter Battrick, Rose Melish, Martin Uzzell, Julia Wiliams, Chris Singleton, Councillor Carol Coleman, Colin Randall, Phil Soussan (Ozzy/Beggers & Thieves), Waking the Witch, Jess Mead, Julia Lee, Brian Clark, Eleanor Howard, Mark Streatfeild, Dave Hunter, Richard Holmes, Donna, Angel Air Records, Gemma Blackman, Ellie Broughton, Uncle Brian & Aunty Kath,

One of my readers from the Classic Rock Newswire group I run has kindly put aside one of the 'Dress down Fridays' they have at their workplace for the Parkinson's Disease Society. It is on Friday 13th July and they rasied £175 which HBOS matched so a whopping £350 for the PDS. BIG thanks then to Julie Bootland and her work colleagues at ComputerCall staff at HBOS Plc Pudsey. Link HBOS

Total raised via EBay auctions was £139. Big thanks to Donna, Skin, Fury UK, American Dog, Phil Sousson nad Pendragon for donating the signed CD's/t-shirts/photos to seel on EBay.

The support team - Jasmine (Blog/poster designer) & Nabila (Supermum)

Glyder a superb Irish rock band following in the tradition of Thin Lizzy,
Michael Hannon & American Dog a band who rock like the legendary Motorhead,
Staffs based melodic rock band
Tara's Secret,
Get Ready To Rock! the leading website for all things rock and metal,
please add this
MySpace site,
Radio Wey a local hospial radio satation based at St Peter's hospital in Chertsey, Surrey,
singer/songwriter
Chris Singleton who has written some pop rock gems on his debut album 'Twisted City',
former Ozzy Osbourne/Beggars and Thieves
Phil Soussan whose rather good solo album 'Vibrate' is out now, female acoustic/indie/folk band Waking the Witch
SIGN have very kindly donated some goodies, these include a signed t-shirt, signed CD and more! Sign have recently completed a UK tour with The Wildhearts
Nick Barrett & Pendragon who kindly donated two signed CD's and a t-shirt
Angel Air Records who re-issue and release for the first time many gems from bands such as Mott the Hoople, Gillan and their related offshoots

Thanks to everyone for their kind support

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Parkinson’s UK

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Anyone can get Parkinson’s. It gets worse over time and there’s no cure. Yet. Funding research into the most promising treatments, we’re getting closer to a cure. Until then, we're improving life for people with Parkinson’s, and the people in their lives. Together we'll find a cure.

Donation summary

Total raised
£1,152.00
+ £121.28 Gift Aid
Online donations
£475.00
Offline donations
£677.00

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