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Some of your fellow guestbookers and Dons fans are participating in charity events soon and WUP hopes to help raise awareness and funds…..

Essex Womble (Paul Jeater) is participating in Ian Botham’s sponsored walk on April 18th to raise funds for Leukaemia Research in Chelmsford. The walk will mark the 25th Anniversary of Ian Botham’s first Lands End to John O’Groats walk.
http://www.beefy25.com/

Leukaemia remains the largest killer of teenagers and young adults in Britain, survival rates have greatly improved, but more resources are needed.

Paul will have sponsor sheets at all home games Barrow, Rushden and Wrexham & Stevenage , between now and then. You can find him at the Dons Trust table in the back bar, before those matches.

Mrs Womble66 is taking part in the Race For Life on Sunday, 18th July and here is a link if anyone would like to sponsor her in aid of Cancer Research.

http://www.raceforlifesponsorme.org/carolinekingstonlynch

Emily Armfield (daughter of Ray) is also running the Cancer Research UK ‘Race for Life’ at Mote Park, Maidstone on 16 May 2010 and would welcome any donations towards her target figure of £100 via this link…

http://www.raceforlifesponsorme.org/emilyarmfield1

Baskers has yet to fulfil his two year old promise to run naked around KM if the Dons achieved play off promotion, but partly by way of atonement, he is doing the London Marathon this year for his brothers’ charity Muscular Dystrophy Campaign. You can support him by visiting:

http://www.justgiving.co.uk/jason-baskaran

Simon Booth (tag name: Simon) is also participating in the London Marathon representing Tyume Valley Schools.
They are a great charity that aims to improve the educational opportunities for the children of the Tyume Valley area of South Africa, and have established a Resource Centre within the valley that gives the children the opportunity to access IT facilities and a library. They also run activity camps which develop their English, Science and personal skills as well as allowing them to participate in games and have some fun.
Check out their website for more information http://www.tvschools.org.uk/

They would like to raise funds to be able to buy a minibus so that the children in the surrounding villages can access the resource centre.

Simon’s sponsorship target is £1800 and you can donate to the charity via the biggive http://www.thebiggive.org.uk/charity.php?charity_id=495&search=9e8156f3-c030-404f-aa2d-87c3b412caf3
Our very own Haydon the Womble is running the Virgin London Marathon on Sunday April 25th.

Haydon is running for the Children’s Trust in Tadworth, which provides care, education, therapy and rehabilitation to children with multiple disabilities, complex health needs and acquired brain injury.

Their website is here: http://www.thechildrenstrust.org.uk/

You can find Haydon at a game and sponsor him there or you can do it here: http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/Haydon-the-Womble

If you could spare even 50p to sponsor any of the above it would help to make a difference to the above named charities,

Also Haydon’s friend Dean Parsons AKA Tintin, is running a raffle to help raise extra funds. Tickets are £1 and all prizes have been donated so that every penny goes to the Children’s Trust:

Prizes so far include:

2 Queens Stand tickets for Epsom race course at any race day (except Derby Day)
Family pass for Painshill Park, Cobham for 2 adults and up to 4 children
£25 Elys Vouchers
Trevor Sorbie Male Grooming Lap top bag gift set
Trevor Sorbie Ladies Moisturising gift set with vanity bag.
Bottle of Bacardi
Bottle of Russian Vodka
Lush Pamper pack
4 bottles of red wine
2 bottles of white wine.

If you know of any companies that would be willing to donate anything for the raffle please let Dean know, he is hoping to be Radio Jackie and Surrey Comets official marathon runner, so they will get promoted there.

Also any support on the day would really be appreciated, especially as Dean will need people around the route with towels, energy gels, water etc to help Haydon to get round, so if you can assist in any way please let Dean know via WUP email address.

All the above fundraisers thank you for reading and for your support