Maggie's Great China Challenge
Alasdair Beaton is raising money for Maggie's Centres
“Maggie's Great China Challenge”
on 11 September 2004
Story
From the 27th October to the 4th November 2004, I took part in The Maggies Centre Great China Challenge. This was a trek along the Great Wall of China, to raise funds for The Maggie's Cancer Care Centres. My trek was in memory of Bob Eccles and Nick Devan, two Glasgow based easyJet pilots who both recently died of cancer
The Maggie's Centres were started 8 years ago in Edinburgh in memory of Maggie Keswick Jencks. Maggie had been diagnosed with Brest cancer in 1988 at the age of 47. She saw that there was little or no care and guidance given to those coping with cancer. Care Centres would therefore bridge the gap between treatment and how to continue to live a full, active and meaningful life, with dignity and comfort for both the sufferer and their families.
Maggie's dream of Cancer Care Centres became a reality in 1996 when the first Centre was opened at the Western General Hospital in Edinburgh. Sadly Maggie herself didn't live to see the reality of her dreams as she died the year before but all her vision and hard work had not been in vain. Maggie's Centres now exist in Edinburgh, Glasgow and at Dundee. The Inverness Centre opens at the end of 2004 with a Fife Centre and a Lanarkshire Centre opening in 2005 and 2006. In 2006, a Maggie's Centre also opens at Charing Cross in London with further Centres planned for Cheltenham, Nottingham and Swansea.
Please help to build the Centres that provide so much needed care and help. Your help can be just a click away.
Thank you for visiting my fundraising page. Please dig deep and sponsor me online, every pound counts.
Donating through this site is simple, fast and totally secure. It is also the most efficient way to sponsor me: Maggie's Centres will receive your donation faster and, if you are a UK taxpayer, an extra 28% in tax will be added to your gift at no cost to you. So please sponsor me now in memory of Bob and Nick and also in memory of those who you know, who together with their families, have sufferd and lost to cancer and for all those, who in the future, will need our help too. Many many thanks for your very kind support. Alasdair Beaton
The Maggie's Centres were started 8 years ago in Edinburgh in memory of Maggie Keswick Jencks. Maggie had been diagnosed with Brest cancer in 1988 at the age of 47. She saw that there was little or no care and guidance given to those coping with cancer. Care Centres would therefore bridge the gap between treatment and how to continue to live a full, active and meaningful life, with dignity and comfort for both the sufferer and their families.
Maggie's dream of Cancer Care Centres became a reality in 1996 when the first Centre was opened at the Western General Hospital in Edinburgh. Sadly Maggie herself didn't live to see the reality of her dreams as she died the year before but all her vision and hard work had not been in vain. Maggie's Centres now exist in Edinburgh, Glasgow and at Dundee. The Inverness Centre opens at the end of 2004 with a Fife Centre and a Lanarkshire Centre opening in 2005 and 2006. In 2006, a Maggie's Centre also opens at Charing Cross in London with further Centres planned for Cheltenham, Nottingham and Swansea.
Please help to build the Centres that provide so much needed care and help. Your help can be just a click away.
Thank you for visiting my fundraising page. Please dig deep and sponsor me online, every pound counts.
Donating through this site is simple, fast and totally secure. It is also the most efficient way to sponsor me: Maggie's Centres will receive your donation faster and, if you are a UK taxpayer, an extra 28% in tax will be added to your gift at no cost to you. So please sponsor me now in memory of Bob and Nick and also in memory of those who you know, who together with their families, have sufferd and lost to cancer and for all those, who in the future, will need our help too. Many many thanks for your very kind support. Alasdair Beaton