A good friend is raising sponsorship money for MacMillan Cancer Support by taking part in this year's London Marathon. If you feel generous then please head on over to Elaine's Just Giving web page and donate what you're comfortable with.
I am in awe of people that can approach a task like this and see it through. I am a keen sportsman and like to think of myself as being fairly fit but I would be unbelievably daunted by attempting a marathon. Hence to this day it has never crossed my mind. I have to admit that I am the sort of person that is happy to donate what I can to this special event and be proud of a girl that has the drive to make a difference in this world.
Cancer has affected people that I love dearly and one in particular has benefited in the past from the great work of groups like MacMillan Cancer Support. The disease has I'm sure touched most people's lives in some way.
There are three times as many people in Britain living with cancer than there were 30 years ago. In fact over a million people have had a cancer diagnosis, and one in three of us will be diagnosed at some point in our lives.
At the time of writing Elaine is £1685 short of her target with just over a month to go before the big day. When the donation page reopens (unfortunately they are having problems - fingers crossed it's due to a large amount of donors) I'll be helping to lower the shortfall. Hurry up Barclaycard time is running out!
"No Elaine, you most definitely are not!"
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