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<p><span style="color: #000000;">Thanks for taking the time to visit our JustGiving page!</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">On September 24th 2009 Karen Puddifoot, 27 and Tim Roney, 21, sadly passed away while touring by boat in Vietnam. </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">They had just embarked on the second leg of what would have been a charity fundraising trip attempting to cycle the world by push bike and raising funds for the British Lung Foundation. </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">Karen's brother Chris, who had also been part of this fundraising trip tragically passed away on the 10th November 2009. He was due to join them and continue their fundraising journey together. We are all so deeply saddend that Karen, Chris and Tim have left us so soon and in such tragic circumstances.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">Inspired by their adventures, their willingness to help others and fun loving personalities we have decided to carry on their journey, planning a calendar of events with the aim to celebrate Karen's life, her friendship and continue charitable work in her name.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">With your help and support we can help continue Karen's Journey and reach the fundraising target she will sadly be unable to.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">This Justgiving page will just give brief details of our fundraising efforts. For more in depth information about Karen's Journey please visit the website at </span><span style="color: #000000;">www.karensjourney.co.uk </span>
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<p><span style="color: #000000;"><em><strong>THE EVENTS</strong></em></span></p>
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<h2>Art Exhibition, Wimbledon College Of Art – 9th, 10th & 11th December 2010</h2>
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<p>Geraldine O’Reilly is organising an Art Exhibition to be held at Wimbledon College of Art in December.</p>
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<p>Geraldine said “As Karen was an artist and many of her friends are artists and makers I think it would be a fitting tribute to have an art exhibition in her memory.”</p>
<p>“I’d like the exhibition to raise funds for Karens charity too, so I’m asking artists and makers who knew Karen (and even those who didn’t if they wish to be part of it) to make a small piece of work for the exhibition.”</p>
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<p>All work will be sold for a nominal price with all funds going to Karen’s charity. The work should be no larger than A5 for 2d work or A5 cubed for 3d work.</p>
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<p><strong>New York Marathon – 7th November 2010</strong></p>
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<p>Steve Patterson, Karen & Chris’ cousin, is running the New York marathon in November with his partner Beth to raise money for the British Lung Foundation.</p>
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<p>Steve is to continue to raise money for the BLF in their memory, with this as his first contribution, and a target of £5000. Steve has chosen to run the marathon as his Uncle Mike was a high class runner and came in the top 100 when he ran in the London Marathon (some years ago)!!</p>
<p>Steve said, “For those of you who had the pleasure to meet Karen and Chris, you will know how talented, fun loving, kind and generous they both were. And for those of you who didn’t, they were amazing people who were taken from us far far far too soon.”</p>
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<p>So all I ask is that you PLEASE sponsor me by donating as much as you can and help me raise lots of money for a great cause, in memory of two great people!! ”</p>
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