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Sarah Rainey is raising money for Women V Cancer Open Challenges

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WOMEN V CANCER CYCLE KENYA - Cycle Kenya Group 1 · 29 October 2011 ·

Women v Cancer is a series of Women only challenges in aid of Breast Cancer Now, (RCN:1160558) and Ovarian Cancer Action (RCN:1109743) Women v Cancer is a Micro-Trust of GivingWorks – Charity Number 1078770

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<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #ff00ff; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;amp;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #ff00ff; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;amp;">They say we will all be&nbsp;affected&nbsp;by cancer&nbsp;at some stage in our lives,&nbsp;and it was with great sadness that&nbsp;our Mum&nbsp;died of&nbsp;ovarian cancer&nbsp;9 years ago, at just 54 years old.&nbsp; This tragic loss&nbsp;gave&nbsp;us</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #ff00ff; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;amp;">&nbsp;a real determination to make a difference to the lives of thousands of other women and their families&nbsp;who are unfortunate enough to be affected by these awful&nbsp;diseases and we pledged to raise &pound;30,000 in her&nbsp;memory.&nbsp; </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #ff00ff; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;amp;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #ff00ff; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;amp;">To date we have raised&nbsp;&pound;18k, and this year, to try and achieve our target&nbsp;to raise a further &pound;12k,&nbsp;we are&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #ff00ff; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;amp;">proud to be a part of a group of women who in&nbsp;November 2011 will cycle through&nbsp;Kenya&nbsp;to raise vital funding&nbsp;for Ovarian Cancer Action; Breast Cancer Care; and Jo's Cervical Cancer Trust.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #ff00ff; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;amp;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #ff00ff; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;amp;">As well as the blood, sweat and tears that will be endured&nbsp;on our ride, we also have a huge challenge ahead to&nbsp;maximise our charity pot and are&nbsp;therefore&nbsp;organising a number of fundraiser events:</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #ff00ff; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;amp;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #999999; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;amp;">*&nbsp; 27th November 2010 - A&nbsp;Christmas Coffee Morning - <strong><em>thanks to all those that supported us and got us off the starting line with &pound;950! </em></strong></span></p> <p><em><span style="color: #888888;"><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp;amp; font-size: 10pt;">*&nbsp; </span></span></em><span style="color: #888888;"><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp;amp; font-size: 10pt;">12th March 2011 </span></span><span style="color: #888888;"><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp;amp; font-size: 10pt;">- A&nbsp;Sponsored 99&nbsp;Mile Cycle Challenge from Putney Bridge to Oxford </span><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp;amp; font-size: 10pt;">with&nbsp;the support of a&nbsp;fantastic&nbsp;group&nbsp;of people including</span><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp;amp; font-size: 10pt;">: </span></span><span style="color: #888888;"><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp;amp; font-size: 10pt;">Tim&nbsp;&amp; Fran Rainey; Tom&nbsp;&amp; David Vernon; Ian, Katy&nbsp;&amp; Rebecca&nbsp;Smith; Hayden Ballard; Chris Roberts; Jim Pritchard; Tim Stevenson, Chris Shepherd; Nick Alston; Paul McGuinness; Sarah Falkingham; and&nbsp;Andre Salord</span></span><em><span style="color: #888888;"><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp;amp; font-size: 10pt;"> -<strong> What a day of highs and lows! A fantastic team effort, thanks all S&amp;Hxx</strong></span></span></em><strong><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;amp;">&nbsp;</span></span></strong></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #ff00ff; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;amp;"><span style="color: #888888;">*&nbsp;&nbsp;4th June <em>2011 </em>- </span><span style="color: #888888;">A&nbsp;charity dinner dance&nbsp;in memory of&nbsp;Mum </span><span style="color: #888888;">- </span><strong><span style="color: #888888;"><em>Thank you so much to all who attended and made it a very special night :o)&nbsp;Cheers all S&amp;Hxx</em></span></strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #ff00ff; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;amp;">&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #888888;"><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: &amp;amp;amp; amp;">*&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: &amp;amp;amp; amp;">6th November&nbsp;2011 </span><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: &amp;amp;amp; amp;">-&nbsp;</span></strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: &amp;amp;amp; amp;">An extraordinary cycling adventure through the Rift Valley in&nbsp;Kenya&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: &amp;amp;amp; amp;">&nbsp;- <strong>WE DID IT!!!!</strong></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #ff00ff; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;amp;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #ff00ff; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;amp;">For&nbsp;these special charities to carry out their valuable work, we need your&nbsp;support to raise as much money as possible ...&nbsp;whatever you can give really will help.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; font-family: &amp;amp;amp; amp;">Thank you so much to everyone that has supported us over the last 12 months either cycling, donating or attending one of our events, we couldn't have done it without you!! </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #ff00ff; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;amp;">Sarah &amp; Helen xxx</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp;amp; color: black; font-size: 10pt;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp;amp; color: black; font-size: 10pt;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="color: #808080;">Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving &ndash; they&rsquo;ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. 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></p>

Donation summary

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£14,925.66
+ £1,886.10 Gift Aid
Online
£7,982.66
Offline
£6,943.00

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