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Fundraising for Disasters Emergency Committee
Fundraising for Disasters Emergency Committee
Dear friends,
MADE IT !!! 22 July 2010
A huge thank-you to everyone!! Since my last update on the 6th May, I am pleased to announce that I have reached my weight-loss target and am now down to below 15 stones (95kg) which was my target to be reached by the end of July.
My starting point (21 March 2010) was a rather portly 18st 3lbs (115.9kg), and I have shed 3st 4lbs (20.9kg), [ or 21 bags of sugar!! ]
I'd like to thank all those lovely people who have donated so generously already. I'm nearly half-way to my target of £1,000 and I am very grateful to you all. Thanks also for all your messages of support and encouragement, I couldn't have done it without you!!
I now feel a whole lot better and healthier, and propose to carry on with losing a bit more weight and to try to get fitter. I'll be aiming to take part in this year's traditional "Lads 'n' Dads" Boxing Day football match in Wimbledon Park!!
My chosen charity is the DEC (Disasters Emergency Committee) which coordinates the work of many charitable organisations. They have been organising aid to Haiti and Chile, two poor countries which have suffered major earthquakes and where many innocent people have suffered greatly.
We don't hear much about them these days but I heard on the radio the other day that there are still 1 million people in Haiti who are homeless as a result of the devastating earthquake, so they and the victims of the Chilean earthquake still need a lot of help.
Many, many thanks for your support, you are BRILLIANT !!
Arwel
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