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Mark's Desert Challenge

Mark Fuszard is raising money for Cornwall Air Ambulance Trust

Participants: Mark Fuszard

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Namib Desert Challenge · 26 March 2012

Every year, Cornwall Air Ambulance is tasked to around 1,000 missions, delivering fast and effective critical care to patients in their moment of need. As a charity, we need your help to raise over £9 million each year to keep the helicopter flying and the critical care team ready to respond

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<p>Mark is one of our full time Paramedics on the Air Ambulance and he is looking for sponsors to help him with his challenge which is to race in the Namib Desert Challenge on the 26th to 30th March 2012 to raise &pound;10,000 for the Charity.</p> <p><br> The challenge involves running 220kms across the Namib Desert in temperatures up to 40 degrees and is basically 5 marathons in 5 days. To find out more visit their website: <a href="http://www.namibdesertchallenge.com/">http://www.namibdesertchallenge.com/</a></p> <p><br> We will also be celebrating the Cornwall Air Ambulance's 25 Anniversary on the 1st April 2012, Cornwall being the first to have an Air Ambulance in the UK.<br> <br> The Charity fully support the challenge and a few selected Companies will have the opportunity to advertise on the Helicopter for 3 months. We will be holding fundraising events and attending supermarkets and shopping malls and all sponsors will be visible for all to see.</p> <p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;">Mark will be wearing T shirts / sweatshirts with the sponsors logos emblazoned on them whilst training and through the entire event.</p> <p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;">This is a massive personal challenge that Mark is determined to succeed in - please support him by donating today!</p>

Donation summary

Total
£8,239.61
+ £20.00 Gift Aid
Online
£80.00
Offline
£8,159.61

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