Dana's Giving Page
Total raised
£480.00
+ £52.50 Gift Aid
Shine London 2019 - Full Marathon
Sat 21 Sep 2019 - Sat 21 Sep 2019
I, along with a few friends, have entered this marathon Cancer Research event, together forming a team called the Puffing Choughs. Although we regularly meet to exercise our dogs, we are abandoning the coastal and country footpaths of Cornwall to walk over 26 miles through the city streets, following the course of the London Marathon. Not only is the walk itself a huge challenge, we will also be stretching ourselves further by travelling to London on the train, participating in the event overnight in the dark, then travelling back to Cornwall again immediately afterwards - sleep deprived and exhausted! We are hoping to raise money to help fight cancer, which has touched all of our lives in different ways. Three of us have big birthdays this year, and we thought it would be a worthwhile way of marking the occasion. Please sponsor us if you are able to; every little helps! Each year Cancer Research UK’s scientists get closer to beating cancer, and they’ve helped double survival rates in the last 40 years. But we can’t stop there. Only with our continued support can they turn this research into breakthroughs that save millions of lives. Every single pound you donate makes a difference to Cancer Research UK’s groundbreaking work, so please sponsor me now.
CAUSE
Breast cancer
With almost 140 women diagnosed every day, breast cancer is the most common cancer in the UK. And, although rarer, around 350 men are also diagnosed with breast cancer every year. The good news is more than two-thirds of women now survive 20 years or more. Help Cancer Research UK find new ways to diagnose and treat the disease.
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