Charity Update
Prospect at Home
I'm pleased to announce that the first monies have been collected and banked for the Prospect at Home Campaign (see original blog December 2006). To protect the identities of the people involved I won't use full names but instead initials. HM has collected £76, JH £150 and AK £160.20.
Well done to these first three volunteers. The final two people have also stopped smoking but agreed to wait until they had been stopped smoking for a number of months before collecting the sponsorship money.
Cancer Research - Race for Life
As well as supporting Prospect at Home with the above campaign, this year will be the third year I have run the Cancer Research Race for Life. This year's race takes place in Swindon on 17th June 2007 and you can show your support by sponsoring me on:
http://www.raceforlifesponsorme.org/rachelarn
I am also attending a Health and Wellbeing Exhibition at Basepoint Business Park, Rivermead, Swindon on Saturday 12th May from 10am - 4pm. Entry is free and all exhibitors are offering free taster sessions. Donations will be welcome however for Race for Life.
I'm pleased to announce that the first monies have been collected and banked for the Prospect at Home Campaign (see original blog December 2006). To protect the identities of the people involved I won't use full names but instead initials. HM has collected £76, JH £150 and AK £160.20.
Well done to these first three volunteers. The final two people have also stopped smoking but agreed to wait until they had been stopped smoking for a number of months before collecting the sponsorship money.
Cancer Research - Race for Life
As well as supporting Prospect at Home with the above campaign, this year will be the third year I have run the Cancer Research Race for Life. This year's race takes place in Swindon on 17th June 2007 and you can show your support by sponsoring me on:
http://www.raceforlifesponsorme.org/rachelarn
I am also attending a Health and Wellbeing Exhibition at Basepoint Business Park, Rivermead, Swindon on Saturday 12th May from 10am - 4pm. Entry is free and all exhibitors are offering free taster sessions. Donations will be welcome however for Race for Life.
posted by Rachel at
4:16 pm
1 Comments:
I am very sad to say that JH, 58 of Swindon who donated £150 towards the Prospect at Home campaign has lost his battle against smoking related illnesses. As well as suffering the lung disease COPD, JH was also diagnosed with throat cancer.
It is very hard for me to see all the young people who feel that they can continue to smoke and that somehow it won't happen to them. JH would have wished to have turned back the clock and been able to stop smoking when the damage could have been reversed.
My thoughts and best wishes go to his family.
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