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30 Mar 2011 10:22:10
Four staff members at the University of Bedfordshire are running the 2011 Virgin London Marathon for some fantastic causes.
Anne-Marie Kinsella, Kai Allen, Sarah Deed and Professor John Brewer are all running the 26.2 miles on Sunday, 17 April.
Anne-Marie, who works in Human Resources, is running along with her twin sister, Elizabeth.
They are raising money for little Lilly MacGlashan, who is also a twin and has attracted both local and national newspaper headlines recently. Lilly, who is little over a year old and comes from Dunstable, has a rare form of cancer and her family are desperately trying to raise a minimum of £300,000 for life-saving surgery in America.
Anne-Marie said: “We know that times are hard for everybody but we would be really grateful – as would Lilly and her family – if you would sponsor us. We want to raise as much money as we can for Lilly so she can get the treatment she desperately needs.”
You can donate via a Virgin Giving page: http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/ElizabethandAnneMarie
Anne-Marie’s colleague, Kai, is running for World Cancer Research Fund and you can contribute via:
http://www.wcrf-uk.org/fundraising/events/registration/participant.php?ID=597
Sarah, who is the finance officer for the MARC department, is raising sponsorship money for The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association.
You can donate via: http://www.justgiving.com/Sarah-Deed2
Professor Brewer, the Director of Sport, is running to raise funds for the Dame Kelly Holmes Legacy Trust, the University’s chosen charity of the year. If successful, it will be the 13th London Marathon he has completed.
He is also delivering four seminars a day for runners on ‘hydration and refuelling’ at the pre-race Expo and Pasta Party, which all 35,000 runners at London have to attend in the four days leading up to the big race.
The top photo shows Anne-Marie Kinsella (right) and her twin Elizabeth with baby Lilly. Also pictured are Kai Allen and Sarah Deed
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