Paul Braidwood
Team Braidwood do Barcelona
Fundraising for Dreamflight
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Updated on Mar 18th 2011 at 9:23 AM from the JustGiving API
Well we both completed the run in a little over 4 and a half hours. It was a great event and we both seemed to have survived it injury free!! Looking forward to next year!! Thanks to everyone for all the donations so far, I know the cash will be greatly appreciated:)
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Flights booked, accomodation booked, race entries in and training well under way.For some reason, Andrew and I have decided to enter the Barcelona Marathon ( still not sure why!!!) , we have also decided to take this oppurtunity to raise some cash for a very worthwhile cause.The race is on 6th March 2011 ( yes that does say 2011) it is 26.2 miles long and we will do our best to complete!!!!!. All money raised will be going direct to the Dreamflights children via www.justgiving.com.
Dreamflight is a registered UK Charity that changes young lives through taking seriously ill and disabled children, without their parents, on the holiday of a lifetime to Orlando, Florida.
Once a year, 192 deserving children from all over the UK, accompanied by a team of medical carers, board a chartered Boeing 747 and head to Florida to spend 10 magical days of fun and excitement. Many children could not undertake such a trip without the support of the army of doctors, nurses, physiotherapists and non-medical volunteers who care for the children 24 hours a day.
Dreamflight is not just a holiday. The children leave their families behind giving them an opportunity to discover independence, confidence, and a whole new outlook on life. Often for the first time, these children realise that they are not alone, and they are not the odd one out. They see children around them who have also suffered, they gain perspective, and experience things they never thought possible.
Dreamflight, which has operated every year since 1987, believe that fun and joy are just as important as medical research and equipment - especially for children who perhaps can't wait long enough for the breakthrough they need or whose illnesses and treatments have brought pain, distress and disruption to their lives.
Dreamflight does something that medicine can't.
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